SHE IS A 15 TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER SINGER, SONGWRITER,

PRODUCER, AUTHOR, HOST AND AK VIS WHO JUST RELEASED A

BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM CALLED ALICIA, WE ARE SO HONORED SHE IS

SPENDING THE WHOLE WEEK HERE WITH US AT THE "LATE, LATE

SHOW," PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE, THE ONLY, THE LEGENDARY ALICIA

KEYS.

>> HEY!

>> YES.

>> James: HEY.

>> YES, THIS IS ALL RIGHT, IT IS LIKE FIVE PEOPLE CLAPPING, THIS

IS AWESOME.

>> James: THAT IS FIVE MORE THAN I HAD LAST WEEK, BELIEVE

ME.

I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED WE HAVE ALL

BEEN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.

IT IS INCREDIBLE.

AND THIS MUST FEEL SLIGHTLY LIKE A HOME TO YOU.

THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE YOU GUEST HOSTED THE SHOW.

YOU WERE AN ABSOLUTE NATURAL.

YOU WERE SO GOOD.

>> YAY, THANK YOU.

>> James: HOW WAS T HOW DID YOU FIND IT?

>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY, REALLY LIKE T FIRST OF ALL, LET ME GIVE

IT TO YOU, IT IS NOT EASY.

LIKE YOU COME IN ON THAT DAY AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ALL THOSE

THINGS AND ALL THOSE BEEPS AND YOU HAVE A FEW HOURS TO GO BA BA

BA, AND YOU HAVE TO HIT IT.

I HAVE A NEW RESPECT FOR YOU AFTER-- SERIOUSLY, MAN.

I LOVED IT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE--.

>> >> James: IT IS HARD!

DID YOU SEE THE MONO.

>> OH MY GOSH.

BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS LIKE SO

MUCH BETTER THAN YOU, IT WAS LIKE REALLY COOL.

AND ALSO SINCE ESPECIALLY SINCE MY DESK ACTUALLY TURNED INTO A

PIANO.

>> James: THAT WAS GREAT, THAT WAS SO BRILLIANT.

THAT WAS YOUR IDEA, RIGHT.

>> I DID.

I SAID COME ON, IT WOULD BE SO COOL TO FLIP IT OPEN AND START

PLAYING.

EVERYBODY WAS SO COOL AND MADE ALL OF THESE AMAZING THINGS

HAPPEN.

SO TRULY YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB AND I'M GLAD I COULD BE HERE.

>> James: I CANNOT I CAN SAY, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR,

YOU AND BILLIE, THAT PERFORMANCE, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ALICIA THE BRAND NEW ALBUM, IT CAME OUT ON

FRIDAY AND IT'S SO GOOD.

THE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE.

>> OH MY GOSH.

>> James: THEY REALLY HAVE.

I WAS READING TODAY, AMAZING REVIEWS, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

HOW MANY ALBUM TITLES DO DO YOU GO THROUGH BEFORE YOU JUST

THOUGHT I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT ALICIA.

>> I HAVE TO SAY, I KNEW I WAS GOING TO CALL IT ALICIA EVEN

BEFORE I FINISHED MY LAST ALBUM.

I JUST KNEW THAT THIS ONE WAS-- I JUST FELT WHERE I WAS

GOING AND HOW I WAS EVOLVING.

AND I KNEW THAT THIS ONE IS REALLY SETTLING INTO THE

WHOLENESS OF ME.

SO I KNEW IT FOR THE WHOLE TIME.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO EVEN GO THROUGH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JELLY

DONUTS OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER CRAZY NAMES.

I JUST WENT FOR ALICIA.

>> James: YOU KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY.

BECAUSE THERE ARE MOMENTS IN THE ALBUM, WHERE YOU WORK YOU WROTE

INCREDIBLE MUSIC.

DO YOU FIND, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT YOU

AND YOUR ENTIRE CAREER I FEEL LIKE, EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU

TAKE ABSOLUTE OWNERSHIP OF ALL OF IT.

DO YOU FIND YOU ARE MORE OPEN TO COLLABORATING WITH DIFFERENT

PEOPLE ON THIS RECORD AND DIFFERENT SONGS, DO YOU KNOW

WHAT I MEAN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, I FOR A THE LOT OF YEARS I WAS VERY SHY ABOUT

COLLABORATIONS.

BECAUSE IT IS SO VULNERABLE.

IT IS SO PERSONAL AND JUST TO INVITE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T

KNOW, AND YOU HAVE TO BE SO RAW, ST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

IT LIKE BEING NAKED WITH SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW, NO, I DON'T FEEL

GOOD WITH THAT.

SO BUT OVER THE TIME I DEFINITELY HAVE GOTTEN MORE INTO

IT.

AND I ALSO REALLY HAVE COME TO LOVE IT BECAUSE IT BRINGS OUT

SOMETHING IN ME THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT

COLLABORATOR, SO THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE ON THIS

RECORD THAT I WORKED WITH THAT REALLY HELP TO TELL THE STORY OF

ALL THE SIDES OF ALICIA, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL HAVE SO MANY THAT

MAKE US WHO WE ARE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE ONLY GET TO SHOW ONE PART SO IT IS BEAUTIFUL

TO EXPLORE ALL OF IT.

>> James: I DO FEEL LIKE THE ALBUM FEELS LIKE A REAL

PROGRESSIVE, I MEAN I CAN REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY THAT YOU

TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE SHOW LAST WEEK.

LIKE WHEN SONGS IN A MINOR CAME OUT, I REMEMBER TELLING ALL MY

FRIENDS, LIKE YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN IT

IS AMAZING.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE DAY THAT RECORD CAME OUT.

BECAUSE IT WAS SO INSTANT.

YOUR LIFE MUST HAVE CHANGED IN A HEARTBEAT.

>> I MEAN IT WAS SO CRAZY BECAUSE IT WAS ALL THESE YEARS,

YOU KNOW, I PUT THE RECORD OUT WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.

AND IT WAS ALL OF THESE YEARS FROM 14 ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HOW DO I MAKE A RECORD.

HOW DO I TOTALLY SHARE MYSELF IN THESE SONGS.

AND I WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING ELSE THAT NOBODY KNEW

WHAT TO DO WITH ME.

SO WHEN IT FINALLY HAPPENED I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT IT FINALLY

DID PEOPLE WERE MAKING FUN OF ME, OH THAT ALBUM, ALICIA, ARE

YOU GOING TO PUT OUT AN ALBUM.

THEY WERE MAKING FUN OF ME.

I FELT CRAZY.

SO WHEN IT FINALLY CAME ALIVE, I DEFINITELY REMEMBER GOING TO

TOWER OR VIRGIN OR WHATEVER RECORD STORE.

AND I HAD TO CHECK THAT THE ALBUMS WERE THERE.

I HAD TO LOOK THROUGH THE AISLES.

I PICK ITED UP.

IT WAS ACTUALLY.

THERE AND THEN I DECIDED I WOULD BUY EVERY ONE BECAUSE IF NO ONE

ELSE BOUGHT IT I WOULD BUY IT.

SO I BOUGHT THE WHOLE THING AND I WENT TO THE CASH REGISTER AND

TELLING EVERYBODY, ASKING ANYBODY IF THEY HEARD IT.

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ALBUM.

BECAUSE IT IS REALLY GOOD.

THAT IS WHY I'M BUYING 15.

>> THIS SIN CREDIBLE.

AND THEN I WOULD BE ON THE STREETS PASSING IT OUT.

I WAS DEFINITELY MY OWN PROMO PERSON.

I WAS KILLING IT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LOVED IT.

IF YOU DON'T LOVE YOUR OWN SELF, WHO IS GOING TO LOVE IT.

>> James: ABSOLUTELY.

YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND SWIZZ JUST CELEBRATED YOUR WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY WHICH IS INCRED KBL.

AND I KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

YOU BOTH ENJOY A CELEBRATION.

YOU LIKE TO GO BIG.

THIS IS DIFFICULT IN THESE CURRENT TIMES, WHAT DID DID YOU

DO TO CELEBRATE YOUR ANNIVERSARY.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BIG OR WE CAN ALSO GO SMALL.

WE CAN ALSO GO INTIMATE.

THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE WERE LOOKING AT SORT OF LIKE I MADE YOU AND YOU

MADE ME, AND WE FIRST OF ALL, IT FEELS LIKE TWO DAYS IT FEELS

LIKE TWO YEARS, IT FEELS SO GOOD AND WE WERE ACTUALLY IN-- ONE OF

MY FAVE RUT PLACES I NEVER HAD BEEN TO BEFORE.

I KIND OF FELT LIKE WE WERE ON MARS OR SOMEWHERE BECAUSE IT

FELT LIKE NOTHING EVER WORLDLY AND E HAD A BEAUTIFUL DINNER

SET UP.

GENERAL REGGAE AND THEY WERE GOING CRAZY OUTSIDE UNDER THE

STARS, UNDER THE SUNSET.

SO THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.

>> James: NOW IS IT TRUE AND BE HONEST S IT TRUE THAT YOU

NEVER HAD AN ARGUMENT YOU TWO.

>> IT'S TRUE.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT?

>> James: ONLY CUZ I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR EIGHT YEARS.

>> AND YOU HAVE HAD MORE ARGUMENTS.

>> James: I WOULDN'T SAY WE ARGUE A LOT.

BUT NEVER, NEVER A.

>> NO, WE DON'T RAISE OUR VOICES AT EACH OTHER.

WE DEFINITELY DISA HE GROOD.

IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T DISAGREED OR HE HASN'T BEEN

UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SOMETHING I DID OR I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH

SOMETHING HE DID.

DEFINITELY HAVE HAD MOMENTS WHERE LIKE, THAT FELT WEIRD.

BUT WE DEFINITELY COMMUNICATE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T-- WE DON'T

LET IT BUILD UP.

WE EVEN HAVE THIS THING CALLED WHAT'S TODAY, WHATEVER TODAY IS,

IS IT MONDAY.

>> James: YES.

>> THANK YOU, IF IT WAS MONDAY WE HAVE A KEEP IT REAL MONDAY

CONVERSATION.

AND WE ADDRESS THINGS, A KEEP IT REAL MONDAY KTION.

KEEP CAN REAL MONDAY, OKAY.

LATER WE SIT DOWN AND SAY I YOU HAVE-- THIS, REALLY, I DON'T

KNOW, OH, MY FAULT, SO WE GET A CHANCE TO CON VERSE BEFORE IT

TURNS INTO THE BIG BLOWOUT, YOU KNOW F YOU DON'T CATCH IT.

>> SO WE CATCH IT AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO YELL.

TRY IT, TRY IT.

>> James: I'M A FAN OF JUST.

>> BREAKING, BREAKING DISHES?

>> James: IGNORE IT.

>> NO, NO, NO.

>> James: LET IT BE.

>> NO.

>> James: LET IT BE, I WILL DEAL WITH THIS WHEN IT BUBBLES

UP IN 18 MONTH TIME.

>> EXACTLY.

>> James: I WILL LODGE THIS, CUZ I KNOW THIS ONE IS COMING

BACK BUT I'M NOT DEALING WITH IT NOW.

>> RIGHT.

>> James: THIS IS BASKETBALL, I MEAN HALF AN HOUR, THIS IS

LONGER THAN HALF AN HOUR.

SO I WILL BURY IT.

EVERYTHING'S FINE.

IT'S FINE!

I'M KIDDING.

NOW YOU ARE PERFORMING LONG SONGS FROM YOUR ALBUM EVERY

NIGHT OUTSIDE AT OUR FIRST EVER DRIVE-IN CONCERT.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING, HOW IS IT OUT THERE, ARE YOU EXCITED.

>> VERY EXCITING.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT ENERGY, SOME SPECIAL SURPRISES GOING BACK TO

AMAZING COLLABORATIONS ALBUM ALBUMS WITH SO MANY SPECIAL

MOMENTS AM I'M BRINGING SOME, EVEN SOME THAT ARE SPECIAL FOR

THIS TIME RIGHT NOW.

SO IT LOOKS AMAZING, SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

HAVE I BEEN PERFORMING BUT IT HAS BEEN LIKE WEIRD.

I HAVE TO REALLY PSYCH MYSELF OUT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

POTENTIALLY WATCHING-- .

>> James: WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE, WE ARE CANNOT WAIT

TO SEE WHAT YOU DO OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.

STICK AROUND FOR MORE WITH ALICIA KEYS WHEN WE COME BACK.