- Hey, I'm Alicia and I'm about to throw it back
with Billboard.
♪ I keep on falling in and out ♪
This right here is my first video, "Fallin".
I'll never forget it, ever, ever, ever, ever.
This is baby Keys you're witnessing on the screen.
Obviously I came up with the concept for the visual
but to see it all come together for the first time ever,
my first song in New York City, I cried. (laughs)
Wow, yep, this was a big one.
First time at the Grammy's.
I remember, I was really sick.
I don't know what, the flu?
I mean, I could barely sing.
I could barely sing,
and it was the biggest night of my life.
That night, I won five Grammy's
and I was literally in outer space.
I didn't know where I was, who are all these people?
And why do I know them, but I don't them?
Like, why do I know Bono but I don't know Bono.
Why do I see Celine Dion, but I don't know you,
but I know you.
It was crazy, totally overwhelming
and amazingly unforgettable.
♪ Some people want it all, but I don't want nothing at all ♪
This song right here,
another one of my favorites ever, ever, ever.
I loved being on top of the Harlem buildings,
playing the piano, it was freezing.
That fur coat was not for nothing
and me trying to pretend like
my hands were frozen while I was playing,
amazing actor, Oscar nominee, because I was frozen
but I look like I'm having a real moment.
And I did, obviously, because "Ain't Got You"
is one of my favorite songs I ever wrote.
♪ No one, no one, no one ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, this is no one advisor.
This is the first time I did a video
that I didn't have a really heavy storyline, actually.
Because I didn't want to tell people
what to think with this song.
It felt like such a universal feeling
that when you find somebody that you love
and whoever that might be,
you just know that nothing can get in the way of that,
so I just love that it left it open
to whatever relationship you might be experiencing.
You got to feel it in that moment with me.
I really love that video,
especially the scene in the rain, when it's oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
And everybody's just vibing in the rain.
Because who doesn't want to run out into the rain
and have a party?
I mean, I do, let's go.
Hey, this was a vibe, you know what, this is crazy.
It was Barack Obama's Inaugural Ball
and we were all there, look at us!
WILL-I-AM, me, B, Jamie, Faith Hill, Adam.
That was a vibe.
But seeing this photo, I don't remember this photo.
I need more photos of my life.
You know, sometimes that happens
where you didn't get the photo.
You're like, who got the photo of the moment?
This is my first time really coming back to this moment,
this is special, that's powerful, very powerful.
Considering everything, extremely power.
♪ This girl is on fire ♪
"Girl on Fire", such a vibe.
I love this, I love the colors, I love the greens,
I love the feeling, the women, the generations.
I love that it was kind of a fantasy and reality.
I love all the little kids running around.
Man, it's so good.
I love the neon vibes.
Look at that little pumpkin that was just dancing
and just really reflecting on all the women in the world
that are on fire, and just raising families
and being powerful and strong,
and going through all the challenges that we all go through
and making it through, and passing it on to your daughters
and learning from your mothers and your grandmothers.
And this right here was just such a beautiful experience
because it just felt like the magic we create as women,
you were able to have a fun experience with it.
I love this, I love this song,
I love how people respond to this song,
I love the little girls that come up to me
and sing the song.
It makes me just feel like, if I did nothing else,
I was able to do give that energy to so many people
and I love it.
(upbeat hip hop music)