Alicia Keys says that she is ready to open up on her new album Here, saying that "the world is f****d up."
"My sister asked me if I was ready to be the Nina I was born to be, the Bob I was born to be, the Lennon I was born to be," Keys told FACT. "Because the time is now. We're living through it. The world is f****d up. It's backwards, and it's getting more backwards, blatantly backwards, than I think it's ever been before. But it's actually a good thing I think, in a strange way. [Until recently] the world and especially America did a really good job at covering up and hiding [racism], but now that the veil is gone, there's no hiding anymore. We can actually attack it."
Keys released Here on November 4.
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