Alicia Keys explains how she grew to be “more swaggy and confident”

James BaileyAlicia Keys boldly rocks her natural hair and a soft makeup look on the April cover of Allure magazine. Inside, the multi-Grammy-winning singer reveals her constant battle to build her confidence while singing about love, loss and pain.

“In my creative process, I always start very insecure,” Keys tells Allure. “I’m like, ‘Is this right? How is this landing? Do I feel good about this?’ I have to live in that insecurity for a bit, and then, as time progresses, I get more confident. And I’m like, ‘You know what? I love this.’ Then I start to feel more swaggy and confident.”

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