Alicia Keys performs ‘If I Ain’t Received You’ with all-women orchestra

Alicia Keys has reimagined her 2004 monitor ‘If I Ain’t Received You’ with an orchestra that includes over 70 girls of color.

The monitor was recorded for the Netflix sequence Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which arrived final week, and has been launched with an accompanying music video.

The Bridgerton spin-off sequence follows a younger Charlotte (India Amarteifio) as she begins to know her energy and the that means of affection. The story sees her embark on a life-changing marriage with younger King George (Corey Mylchreest), whereas spearheading a societal shift that can result in generations of change within the Bridgerton world.

Keys has introduced collectively musicians from everywhere in the world to create this distinctive orchestra, referred to as Queen Charlotte’s International Orchestra, each for the Netflix sequence and for the track’s twentieth anniversary.

Within the video, the orchestra, led by South Africa’s first Black feminine conductor Ofentse Pitse, put on Bridgerton-era costumes and make-up, as Keys sits at a grand piano in entrance.

“The complete thought was fairly formidable,” Keys instructed Billboard. “I really feel prefer it’s going to open the minds of many individuals to understand that ladies of shade belong in every single place and we’ve all the time been in every single place. It’s magical.”

She continued: “I do know they’re gonna be very emotional after they see it as a result of the ladies who had been there have been extraordinarily emotional. Our conductor [Ofentse Pitse] mentioned, ‘It seems like when we’ve got an orchestra of all girls of shade from everywhere in the world, that we’re lastly doing one thing proper.’ That is what our ancestors by no means skilled.”

‘If I Ain’t Received You (Orchestra Model)’ options on the soundtrack to Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which additionally consists of instrumental covers of songs from Beyoncé, SZA, Whitney Houston, and extra.

Keys is at present on her ‘Keys to the Summer season Tour’, which extends to North America subsequent month. See full dates and purchase tickets right here.