“I’m loving that we’re doing this together it’s been a minute,” Alicia Keys said to a packed crowd at the Dolby Soho studio in New York Monday night (Sept. 16). Adoring fans and close friends were invited to a visual sonic installation for her new single, “Show Me Love” featuring Miguel. Soft but sensual, Keys keeps the desires of love fresh and melodic. “I’m not sure what was taking so long but the wait is over.”
The artistic visual for “Show Me Love” includes three parties exuding variations of love. Actress Zoë Saldana and husband Marco Perego Saldana represent love’s ups and downs. Next is Michael B. Jordan, who pushes through hard rainfall, a comparison to the journey to self-love. Finally, we have Alicia and Miguel, who showcase elements of love absorbed through art and collaboration. Directed by Cara Stricker, all moments (which were only shot for seven seconds) hold the message of Keys’ demand to well, show love.
At Dolby Soho, fans got to view the video on wall to wall projections as well as curved canvases that offered a 360 vision of the music video. They were also treated to an intimate performance by Keys and Miguel. Keys also performed some of her biggest hits like “Diary,” “Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” “NY State of Mind,” with Miguel performing “Skywalker.”
With the singer releasing her seventh studio album soon, Keys is thinking in, out, and around the box when it comes to her new music.
“I have been on this journey to be more vulnerable; in my life, in my music; and this new visual experience reflects this time,” Keys said in a statement to VIBE. “Show Me Love” displays different expressions of love, the journey of it, the push and pull, the struggle and the eventual joy and peace.”
Written and produced by Keys, the single also credits Tory Lanez and Morgan Matthews as producers.
The installation is located at 477 Broadway and will be open to the public from Wednesday, Sept.18-Sunday, Sept 22.
Keys will perform the song next during her headlining set at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 21 and then a set at New York’s Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Saturday, September 28.
Watch “Show Me Love” below.