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Release of Alicia Keys’ ‘The Element of Freedom’ Pushed Back

Alicia Keys took to her Twitter page on Sunday (Oct. 25) to announce that her upcoming new album, The Element of Freedom, will not be released until December 15. Originally slated to arrive on December 1 (World AIDS Day), label reps at J Records confirmed the announcement, which Keys made after performing her latest single, “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart,” during a lecture and performance for New York University students. As reported by Billboard.com, Keys tweeted, “Luv having the freedom to create beautiful music, so I’m pushing the album back to DEC 15th. So many more amazing songs!!!”

The first single off The Element of Freedom, Keys’ fourth studio album, “Doesn’t Mean Anything,” is currently holding the No. 15 position on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Keys produced and wrote The Element of Freedom with longtime collaborating partner Kerry “Krucial” Brothers and debuted “Doesn’t Mean Anything” on the Regis and Kelly morning show on Oct. 12. In a statement about the album obtained by Billboard, Keys described the new album saying, “The music is really strong, and the drums are really aggressive, but my voice is vulnerable and delicate,” also adding that she cut out “all of the boundaries and all the limitations, so that you can feel your freedom and express your freedom in every way you possibly can and that’s what I did with this album.”

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