After two years of keeping her fans waiting, Alicia Keys is swinging back with a new studio album.

“With this album, I find I have much more I want to talk about. This album is more about the concept, the thought I’m trying to get across, where in the past it’s been more about the melody. This time it’s more about what we’re going through as human being,” Keys told Women’s Wear Daily.

Alicia Keys says the material on her new album will have something that everyone can relate to, but it particularly carries themes of independence and breaking expectations that others have of us. As a mother, these themes are closer to her heart than ever.

“We all experience similar things. I find that the world puts us in these boxes where we’re only allowed to be one way — like, ‘to succeed as a career woman, you need to do it this way,’ or ‘to be a gay man, you have to be this way.’ First of all, we’re so much more complex than that. It’s about breaking down those boundaries. The songs concentrate on concepts like that. As human beings, we like to identify with something, and as for me, I love people with a strong point of view,” she explained.

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Can't wait to hear it!

Love it how she comes out with a hit single and goes away for another two years to release another smash hit I can't wait for this new album

I hope Alicia keeps her new music just about melody as she does in the past though. I'd love Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart type tracks more than Girl on Fire type tracks.

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I love concept albums and it's great she's thinking about a concept more.

As long as she doesn't release a GOF type of song I'm good. I need SIAM/Diary/AIA type of album

As long as the songs aren't like Throat On Fire this will be ok.

Coolio! I really hope this album is huge for her. I miss when she was a huge force in the industry. I want that kind of hit from her again, her voice is so beautiful.