Alicia Keys performs onstage at iHeartRadio Live Presents Alicia Keys at iHeartRadio Theater on November 27, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
Alicia Keys attends ‘Wetten dass..?’ From Freiburg on December 8, 2012 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)
Alicia Keys attends ‘Wetten dass..?’ From Freiburg on December 8, 2012 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)
Singer Alicia Keys performs onstage during a celebration of Carole King and her music to benefit Paul Newman’s The Painted Turtle Camp at the Dolby Theatre on December 4, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for The Painted Turtle Camp)
Singer Alicia Keys performs onstage during a celebration of Carole King and her music to benefit Paul Newman’s The Painted Turtle Camp at the Dolby Theatre on December 4, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for The Painted Turtle Camp)
Singer Alicia Keys attends KIIS FM’s 2012 Jingle Ball at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 3, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images)
Muscian Alicia Keys, Producer Swizz Beatz, and Egypt (son of Keys) pose for a picture during the game between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on December 25, 2011 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)
Alicia Keys is back on the scene with her new album Girl on Fire and a brand new look. Sporting locks that are chin length, the married mom of her toddler Egypt has been seen on stages internationally wearing her new cut razor straight. She has also worn the hairstyle curly on a recent cover of Jet magazine. This is certainly a departure for the star, whose lengthy career has been equally matched by long tresses, whether worn in braids or loose styles.
Now, Keys wants to cut her hair event shorter.
According to the Associated Press, when Keys was asked in a recent interview whether she would consider shaving her head, the superstar replied: ”I’m thinking about something like that. I’m telling you. I’m going there. I’m doing it.”
Keys feels that her new style, which debuted over the summer, allows her more styling freedom.
In an interview with People, she elaborated that her inspiration was a new track from her latest opus. “I put out a song called ‘New Day’ on my album and I was just like, ‘You know what? It’s a new day and I’m cutting this thing off,’” she told the glossy.
Apparently, motherhood was another motivation. “I’ve heard from a lot of mothers who cut their hair, too. I thought it was kind of special and brave,” Keys said of her decision, “but apparently it’s a new mother thing.”
If Keys goes even shorter she will join Jill Scott and Prince among other multifaceted stars to have gone supershort and natural during mature stages of their careers.
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