

In the time since Covid-19 hit, Alicia Keys has variously released and promoted an autobiography launched her own “skincare and wellness” brand recorded and released a collaborative single with Brandi Carlile encouraging voter registration in the US election promoted a 20th-anniversary edition of her debut album, Songs in A Minor helmed a 21-day online meditation programme in collaboration with Deepak Chopra starred in her own YouTube docuseries, Noted, alongside her husband Swizz Beatz (“Episode 3: Me And Swizz Are Holding Nothing Back About Our Love”) appeared in commercials for Mercedes-Benz and US insurance company Allstate and announced her first graphic novel.


But when considering Keys’ hopelessly unproductive pandemic, it’s probably worth noting that some people’s idea of being not knowing how to work involves in front of Netflix while drunkenly balancing a takeaway on their ever-swelling stomach – and some people’s, well, doesn’t.
