Alicia Keys

Girl on Fire is Alicia Keys' fifth studio album, and follow up to 2009's The Element of Freedom. The album is scheduled for release on November 26, 2012.It also serves as the singer's first release under RCA Records, after a re-organization at parent company Sony Music Entertainment led to her previous label J Records roster being absorbed into RCA. In the space of time since 2009, Keys got married to record producer and rapper Swizz Beatz, became a mother, began co-managing her own career, produced and directed both a Broadway Play and short film, in addition to designing a line of trainers for Reebok.

"Listen to Your Heart" is one of Girl on Fire's uptempo songs, taking a more dance inspired direction than Keys' previous material. It contains the lyric "He says take a chance... Listen to your heart.. You say I'm a little bit scared/ Just hold on we're almost there." The next single, "Brand New Me" was penned with Scottish singer songwriter Emeli Sandé, as an autobiographical snapshot of Keys' life, while Sandé also helped Keys' pen two more songs, "Not Even the King" and "101". Keys and Sandé previously worked together for Sandé's debut album Our Version of Events, on the song "Hope". On "Brand New Me", Keys sings about finally taking control over a domineering partner.

Keys will perform the song live on the UK version of the X Factor on November 18th.

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