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0:08
Hey Alicia, what's up?
0:08
How are you?
0:08
Good.
0:12
How are you feeling?
0:21
I'm good.
0:21
Thanks so much for having me by.
0:21
You're absolutely amazing.
0:21
I'm glad you can make it.
0:21
Okay, now I know how busy you are, so let's get this thing done.
0:18
Okay, so on average, how many hours of sleep do you get every single night?
0:22
I think I mean about five hours a night.
0:25
And what's the first thing on your mind every morning?
0:27
When I wake up in the morning, I'm thinking about, I'm usually thinking about, how do I get time to meditate so that I can set my, you know, set my day off right.
0:39
You're going to start your day with peace of mind, right?
0:37
Now, do you feel most creative in the morning or at night?
0:44
I'm very creative at night when it's quiet.
0:44
I wish it, let me tell you how much I love your beautiful home.
0:45
Thank you.
0:45
I love it, it's gorgeous.
0:47
We've been here maybe five or six years, and this definitely feels so good.
0:51
And how would you describe your home?
0:53
I describe it as a big ball of love, vibes, and loudness because there's always a lot of people here running in and out.
1:05
We have a really good time here.
1:03
Do you have a favorite room in the house?
1:05
Um, I do, but I'm not taking there yet.
1:08
Oh, give me a second.
1:11
Obvious question, but is there a piano here?
1:16
Um, not in that room, but there's another one.
1:15
Can't wait to see it.
1:15
Should we have some tea?
1:17
Oh, I love tea.
1:17
I'm a fan.
1:17
I think I'm okay, thank you though.
1:20
Um, who's your favorite composer?
1:22
Um, I think my favorite composer is Chopin.
1:25
I love how soulful and like deep and dark it feels.
1:27
I'm a fan.
1:31
What do you listen for when you listen to music?
1:33
When I'm listening to music, I'm listening for that, you know, that energy that just kind of rises the arms, the hair on your arms, and it just makes you, you know, that thing that you're like, "Oh yeah, that looks about it."
2:47
It's a vibe.
2:47
So what's the first album that you've ever bought?
2:47
The first album I ever bought was BBD Poison.
2:47
Yeah.
2:47
I must warn you, you're taking it way back.
2:47
That's right, it's kind of going back, but that's my first one.
2:47
What else do you want?
2:47
I read somewhere that you were actually part of a girl group when you were 13.
2:47
That was hot.
2:47
Um, I wasn't part of a girl group.
2:47
I was a part of a few girl groups and, but the one that I think you're talking about is what's called Ambition.
2:47
That's right, EMBIS H-U, and we were trying to be cute.
2:47
How old were you when you wrote your first song?
2:47
First song I was, first good song I was 14.
2:47
First song I was 11.
2:47
And what was it about?
2:47
It was about my grandfather passing away and that was actually the beginning of why I started writing to like express, I'm just caught, I'm all alone.
2:47
And you remember the lyrics?
2:47
It was, I sit here, I was 11, so anyway, I sit here all alone and I wonder what is wrong, why are there so many deaths, so many lost, sir, bye.
2:47
Mm, that's really beautiful.
2:47
So I was thinking about, do you remember what your mother was playing on the speakers when you were young?
3:07
My mother played about a Bobby Caldwell and she loves, but they won't do, do you know?
3:24
Alicia singing to me.
3:24
I'm loving it.
3:24
And what's one thing your mom said that left a lasting impression?
3:24
She always said she, you know, the Golden Rule, she was, "Treat people how you want to be treated," and that is always how I think about it.
3:27
What is the biggest lesson you learned from the women who raised you?
3:31
Biggest lesson I learned?
3:36
Yeah, the women I raised me really taught me how to be bad asses, like really strong, just don't take any mess, say what you want, be direct, be clear, have to know what you want to say and how you're going to say it, and just deliver it.
3:36
Yeah, that's powerful stuff.
3:44
And you grew up in Hell's Kitchen in the 90s.
3:50
You've even called it the harshest of the harsh.
3:53
When you think about that time in New York City, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
3:56
When I think about Hell's Kitchen, New York City, I'm thinking about at that at that time in the 90s, I'm thinking about, you know, a lot of darkness, a lot of drugs, prostitution.
4:48
It was like the place where all the people who didn't belong anywhere else would go, which is why Lighthouse Kitchen was so fitting.
4:48
So it's definitely a, it's a deep experience.
4:48
Do you feel that that experience from out there affected your music?
4:48
Definitely affected, definitely affected my music, just gave me that love for hip-hop, a soul for blues, for truth, for poetry, for the dark soulfulness.
4:48
It definitely added to that mixture.
4:48
So what do you think is the harshest thing in Hell's Kitchen today?
4:48
Mickey Mouse.
4:48
Cause it's Disney.
4:48
So these days, when you return to New York, where's the first place you go when you touch down here?
4:48
I'm always trying to go straight home and quick as I can.
4:48
Now, what's your favorite place to dance?
4:48
My banjo.
4:48
Oh, we should, there are kids watching this.
4:48
Out of all the places in New York City, what would you say is the best hidden gem?
4:48
Oh, I have this really cool, it's kind of literal, but this really cool gem spot that I go to get, I love crystals and I love to collect them, so for me, that's what I wanted.
5:10
That's literally a gem.
5:13
Literally.
5:13
How can I show you that room?
5:19
Tell me about it.
5:19
Alright, here it goes.
5:19
So Alicia, let's talk about that incredible job you did hosting the Grammys.
5:19
Wow, that was definitely an unforgettable moment.
5:19
How long were you prepping for that?
5:28
You know, I mean, I was prepping for it from the minute that I knew that it was going to happen, which was sometime in the summer.
5:38
But I mean, I guess you really start to prep, you know, November, December, you know, a little bit closer just so that you can be timely and everything, right?
5:38
You know, a more serious note, had everything that happened that day affected the evening?
5:38
It was definitely crazy, you know, he lost Kobe that day, and it was just hours before the show.
5:38
Yeah, and it was so sad, and Gigi, and all the families that were there.
5:38
It changed everything.
5:38
It made everything that we planned for go out the window and just had to go with spirit, you know, had to go with the genuine feeling of how we were all feeling, which was devastating.
5:38
Well, I mean, you handled it beautifully.
5:38
Pivoting from from the original plans there.
5:38
Pivoting is I think a really important thing that I have been learning, you know, you don't always know what is meant for you and sometimes you just have to be well in a flow and that was definitely a big example of the flow.
5:38
Yeah, beautiful.
6:29
So performing in front of our fellow artists, did anyone make you nervous?
6:32
Um, you know, it is a nerve-wracking experience and it can be in kind of a nervous room because it's so filled with everybody, but for me, I really want to create the calm, like I really want to create the good energy, I want to welcome people, make people feel good, make people feel loved, make people feel appreciated, so I didn't feel nervous.
6:56
I felt like I was bringing that, you know, good energy as you always do.
6:56
And do you have any mantras or rituals before you go on stage?
6:56
I'm a big mantra lover.
6:56
I'm a big, ooh, I love, I love tea, I love incense, candles, stones, like we said already, crystals, but I'm big on prayer, and I just like really intend for what I'm hoping to come out of the moment.
6:56
Do you consider yourself a spiritual person?
6:56
Very, very spiritual and just very connected to, yeah, for the universe.
6:56
We're going to see Elisha Beck for a year three, annoyed.
6:56
Yeah, not talking about it.
6:56
Alright, fine, fine, fine.
6:56
Now talk to me a little bit about performing new material versus old.
6:56
Do you have a preference?
6:56
Oh, I really love performing new material.
6:56
It's just, it's really exciting because you know you've been working on new songs and new visuals and new ideas and it's really exciting to get everybody in your mix and understand where you're going.
6:56
So you're excited about the music business today?
6:56
Yeah, I am excited about the music business.
6:56
I think that it's a whole new world, it's a wild, wild west, it's like there's no rules, it's this open canvas that you can create exactly what you want and there's an opportunity for so many people.
6:56
It's not, it's not so, you know, no matter who you are, where you live, you can you can be involved, you can express yourself, you can put your music out, you can be independent.
6:56
I love that it's free like that.
6:56
Is there any facet of the industry that you wish you could shine a light on and change?
6:56
Anything that I want to change any industry?
6:56
I love, I may not.
6:56
We, we have an organization called, She Is The Music.
6:56
I'd love to see more women in at that's at the table and that's what we're talking about and what we're creating and, you know, more women and engineers, more women producers, and all women in boardrooms, you know, just more women really creating the world we want.
6:56
Got a platform, use it.
8:46
Now, what's a talent of yours that people may be surprised to know?
8:50
You know, you might be surprised to know that, um, I got a little, a little flow with me.
8:56
Got a little flow.
8:58
It's got a little bit of a flow.
8:58
That's pretty mysterious.
9:00
Okay, oh you're doing.
9:06
Alicia, we're shifting gears, we're moving on here we go.
9:04
What's the last book that you read?
9:13
Shalonda and he goes, he Adichie Purple Hibiscus and I love her.
9:13
She's so special.
9:16
That's the last book I read.
9:23
Alright, alright.
9:18
And what's the last place that you visited?
9:20
The last place I visited, we were just in Miami, yep, and Berlin, London and and Rent Cambio.
9:29
I'm shy.
9:29
I thought you're gonna beat me in air hockey, I gotta go soon.
9:33
So yes, leave soon.
9:39
Alright, show it, show him, show them my head and Jim, come on, show me what you got.
9:40
This might, might or might not be one of my head's going.
9:42
Come on, Egypt.
9:51
Oh good, at least we got one.
9:49
Man, hit Mike.
9:49
Got a pull shark in the making.
9:51
I promise the Egypt you're gonna, okay, back to the questions.
9:57
Yoga or Pilates?
9:57
Yoga.
10:07
What's your favorite scent?
10:05
My favorite scent is Nog Chomp oh, it's like a, an incense.
10:07
It's beautiful.
10:11
Now Alicia, I heard you secretly wanted to be a party planner.
10:13
I am the most amazing party planner you've ever met.
10:16
Yeah.
10:21
Birthdays.
10:26
I Rafy agrees with you.
10:21
Alicia, anyway.
10:23
You recently said that your kids taught you how to appreciate the magic when it's there, which I think was really well said.
10:29
What was the last haven said?
10:37
Oh well, very talented.
10:37
Um, my kids do teach me the magic actually, you know, I think that even just now, you know, the the feeling of that, mmm, genuine, you know, presence and being present and just appreciating the little things, you know, they show me that all the time.
10:51
Yeah.
10:51
And what's the backstory behind the names Egypt in Genesis?
10:54
Egypt's backstory is, I took a really important trip to Egypt that changed my life and I realized that there, I realized there's nothing I can't build, there's nothing that I can't create, and so when I was pregnant, I, my husband had actually suggested Egypt, he also suggested Genesis, he said he had a dream in Genesis being kind of like the beginning, like renewal, it was really, really powerful.
11:17
Yeah.
11:17
What are they obsessed with at the moment?
11:19
Um, Dragon Ball Z.
11:21
Not really.
11:21
No, Pokemons.
11:21
Now Egypt, I hear you're into music, huh?
11:32
Yeah, yeah.
11:32
And Alicia, how does it make you feel having a son that's producing and releasing music?
11:36
Yeah, it's just really awesome.
11:43
He plays piano, he practices really hard and he produces, he produced a pre-produced for Kendrick and actually a few of our songs are really musical, so KJ, Nas, Egypt, Nicole, we have a kind of a musical family here.
11:43
You're on your way.
11:40
And what's your favorite thing to do together as a family?
11:58
I think we really like to roller skate.
12:00
Roller skate is a nice little tradition for the family.
12:12
Oboe, go, it's a roller rinks, is it more street?
12:05
Oh yeah, yeah, we were all escape there and we also roller skate in our gallery sometimes that's pretty crazy.
12:17
I could show you that room later.
12:18
Who would love to see it?
12:18
Sounds good.
12:18
And whoa, look at the ceiling.
12:20
This is incredible.
12:27
Isn't it so, so beautiful?
12:22
I love this so much.
12:25
This, this world just transports you.
12:27
Oh, he's trying to beat me, here we go.
12:30
See, there we go.
12:30
Wait Alicia, what's the most rewarding thing about being a mother?
12:36
The most rewarding thing about being a mother is, oh, when they beat you.
12:44
Oh, when they're better than you, it's really, really reward school.
12:46
And when they took competition, he does it.
12:50
Let me show you the gallery.
13:00
So describe Swizz his parent's style in three words.
13:03
So his parenting style is hard as nails.
13:05
No, I'm just kidding.
13:12
He's actually really sweet and he's definitely, you know, he's like, he's, he's not obviously not as cuddly as mama is, but he's really, really beautiful and he's honest, very honest.
13:10
And what have you and him taught each other?
13:22
He's taught me about the magic, like allowing space for the magic, allowing room for there to be magic, and I've taught him about kind of coming a little bit down out of your clouds a little bit, just a tiny bit.
13:36
I think.
13:36
Where do you feel like you're at your most personal best?
13:40
I'm not my personal best when, you know, when I have a nice balance between my family, my work, my creativity, my dreams, my self.
13:50
What is the hardest challenge that you've ever had to overcome?
13:55
Hardest challenge I've ever had to overcome is probably just really recognizing that the power that I was looking for or the answers that I was looking for are inside of me as opposed to looking outside of me all the time and allowing other people to maybe control the outcome.
14:13
Alysha, everywhere I look has the most amazing art I've ever seen in my life.
14:17
This is amazing.
14:17
Hindi Wiley.
14:24
Yeah, this, oh my gosh, this is such a beautiful room.
14:28
I, we love it.
14:39
And what can you tell me about this artist?
14:39
Hyundai is very, very special.
14:39
I mean, I can't this is his largest piece and we are so blessed to own it and this is a cause piece that is also very iconic and if you went down there, I mean, it looks huge here, but if you went down, it's like massive and we actually had to remove the whole side of the house to get him in here.
14:39
It was a crazy.
14:50
Well, there's certainly no lack of inspiration with this art, right?
14:54
It really is beautiful.
14:56
Now you have a new album coming out.
14:58
Yeah, and it's self-titled Alicia.
15:00
Alicia, the album.
15:00
Want me to go with that name?
15:03
Now who is that person?
15:06
Anyway, I'm actually trying to figure out what can I expect to hear on it.
15:09
You're gonna hear heat rocks, you're gonna hear that timeless music that's gonna be with you forever in your heart and you're definitely gonna hear different sides of Alicia because I think there's so much that makes us who we are and we don't get a chance to always express all the sides so that's what I'm looking, that's what I'm doing.
15:28
And why was releasing Underdog so important to you?
15:30
Underdog just feels like such a story, it's such a moment.
15:37
I think we're at a time where we more than ever just need to know that we're going to figure it out and we're gonna make it through.
15:37
Um, I think that just for me, I always need to hear those words because sometimes things feel kind of dark.
15:37
So Underdog feels triumphant.
15:37
So this is a great time to talk about your new book.
15:51
Hmm, more my sense.
15:51
It's a theme.
15:57
Alicia, more myself is definitely a theme, a birthplace from really understanding more about how to become my authentic self and I wanted to share some of those journeys with you because I think we're all looking for like the truth and the realness in our lives.
15:57
Absolutely.
15:57
Alicia, thank you.
15:57
Are you leaving?
15:57
No, I'm not going anywhere.
15:57
How's a scan agent feels leaving?
15:57
Sorry.
15:57
Hey, so what was your process writing a book like?
15:57
That's really, really, uh, deep, crazy, interesting.
15:57
It's so much different than writing music, you know, it's like music is these short moments, but you have to tell these stories in these short moments.
15:57
This is the book is just so much more in-depth, so much more memories, and also therapeutic because you start to realize even the things you did to create these moments and how do you undo them?
15:57
So it was very, it was, it was really amazing but hard.
15:57
And see and which process was harder, songwriting or memoir?
15:57
I think the, I think the journey because I'm calling the book a journey, the journey is definitely the heart of things, right?
15:57
Maybe because I just don't do it often and songs I write more often, so I'm more familiar with how to get it all done.
15:57
Can I have a hug?
15:57
Hey, I'll see you at the airport.
15:57
I mean, I know I know our hugs standard issue here and I love hugs and need them.
15:57
So is there anything that you were nervous about sharing with everyone in your book?
16:04
I mean, I think you get so personal, you get so vulnerable, you get so, you get so kind of, for me, it was more about the process of expressing the way that it happened and and so I didn't feel nervous about it, but it definitely just feels vulnerable.
17:44
And who are some of the people that you thanked in the book?
17:48
Definitely thank Oprah, the first book on her imprint, I'm super proud of her and so excited that her mentorship and sisterhood life brings us back together like this.
17:56
What do you hope people will take away from the story?
17:58
I really hope people take away the conversation that I'd love for us to continue having, like, how do we all create our own destiny as opposed to the expectations that are put on us by other people?
18:12
And sometimes we live out those expectations because we're trying to be the good girl or the good boy, and I would love for us to challenge that and talk about how do we just, how do we find our own truth?
18:23
What does feminism mean to you?
18:27
Feminism to me just means the power of a woman and honoring it and cherishing it and really lifting it up and revering it.
18:38
I like that.
18:38
And what values do you feel are the most important to instill in your kids?
18:48
I want my kids to to know what it, you know, kindness, you know, no empathy, I definitely want them to understand their blessings, be grateful, gratitude, I want them to understand how to speak to people clearly and communicate in a way that it helps them get across their point of view.
18:48
There's so much to connect and teach them.
18:45
What would you say is the toughest thing about raising kids in 2020?
19:08
Toughest thing about raising sons in 2020 is, you know, I think that, I think the world is could be a very dangerous place for men and especially young black men and I think that just to continuously teach them and show them how to stand in their kingliness is really important.
19:32
So they're already well on their way, dough.
19:38
They are on their way.
19:38
Now Alicia, I believe I was promised a certain, oh, I think I was going to show you my room with my piano, my other favorite room.
19:49
So what does me time look like for Alicia?
19:49
Me time is, you know, my meditations, me time for sure.
19:49
Me time is also, you know, a special, you know, a special spa moment just for myself.
19:49
It's, it's a moment with my girls, my home girls, we get to just hang out, my husband obviously, when I guess, you know, that's still with other people, but it, it still fills me up, you know, and I think that's what it is, like, how do you feel your sofa?
19:49
What's two words to describe your style?
19:49
Tomboy chic.
19:49
There's the piano, looking good.
19:49
Who's most stylish person alive?
19:49
Alicia, the same Billy Porter.
19:49
What are three wardrobe staples every woman should have?
19:49
Three wardrobe staples.
19:49
I think you should have a white tee, a fire fedora, and a black leather race across braids.
20:43
So this is where you write your music.
20:46
This is where it comes to life.
20:51
I love it.
20:51
Yeah, it's amazing.
20:51
And you said that you don't have a traditional or strategic or formulaic approach to writing music, is that right?
20:51
Yeah, I don't, you know, I just go with the heart for music.
20:58
I don't get scientific with music, I get more just what it feels like, you know, that's the most important.
21:03
And what's the most difficult song that you are, you've ever written?
21:18
It's so interesting because the the hardest song I've ever created is also the easiest song I've ever written.
21:14
If I ain't got you is the easiest song to write, but the hardest song to put in the form that you hear in because it just took so long to figure out how to produce it, right, and create that right genuine energy.
22:27
So that's a, that's it's enfold.
22:27
And what would you say is the most beautiful song you've ever, in most beautiful song?
22:27
Yeah, what is it?
22:27
I don't like favorite songs.
22:27
It's God, not even the King and Me just talks about, no matter how much money you have, nothing is more important than love.
22:27
No words truer than that.
22:27
Alicia, I do have to apologize because I didn't come prepared to play your piano.
22:27
Oh, that's okay, but no, but what tips do you have for all those watching starting to play?
22:27
I would say anyone is just starting to play, just keep playing, just practice and keep trying different styles and, um, you know, just especially figure out who you are and what what special thing you have.
22:27
And you've collaborated with so many legends in your career, who's left on the wish list?
22:27
I still haven't, I realized that I didn't get to collaborate with Prince before he passed away and I, I'm so sad about that and I still haven't collaborated with Lauryn Hill or a Hill, like that needs to have, it needs to happen.
22:27
Alicia, besides piano, what else can you, what else can you play?
22:27
I play all keyboards, play a little bit of guitar, but my mainstay is all key words.
22:27
So any type of piano, any type of keyboard, I'm, I'm messing with it.
22:35
And your piano sound is so soulful.
22:37
It's a very spiritual, very just connected to, yes, Barrett.
23:27
Yeah.
23:34
And what's your attitude in life in 2020?
23:34
My attitude in life in 2020 is no holding back, no them in the light, and complete clarity.
23:34
Well, Alicia, it's time for clarity of the keys.
23:34
Chef Haysem, please.
23:34
Do I feel me?
23:34
Yeah, what good is an interview if I'm not gonna, you gonna get back, I'm not gonna do a duet with you, come on.
23:34
Okay, let's get it.
23:34
Yeah, we did that.
23:27
Yeah, I'm, I'm really good.