Alicia Keys delights commuters as she performs in London’s St Pancras train station on the public pianos
She’s known as a world-renowned singer and pianist, and Alicia Keys unexpectedly showed off her skills on Monday.
The 42-year-old star delighted passengers as she performed at one of the public pianos at London’s St Pancras station.
As crowds of excited passengers gathered, Alicia performed her hits Empire State of Mind, If I Ain’t Got You and No One, as well as her latest release Lifeline, the first release from the upcoming film The Color Purple.
She was pictured wearing a leather racing jacket and black skirt, which she paired with slouchy black leather boots.
Earlier in the day, Alicia was photographed heading to BBC Broadcasting House in central London – but she was glued to her phone as she headed inside.
Alicia Keys delighted passengers by performing at the public piano at London’s St Pancras Station on Monday.
A large crowd began to swirl around Alicia as she played some of her favorite tunes to the crowded station.
In October, an antisemitism advocacy group accused Alicia of delivering a “painful ode to Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel” after she asked fans if she should take up paragliding on Instagram.
The singer, whose husband, music producer Swiss Beatz (real name Kassim Dean), is Muslim, quickly deleted the post and responded to the scandal the same evening, saying it was “COMPLETELY unrelated” to the brutal war.
Alicia was accused of using coded messages to signal her support for Hamas after she uploaded a photo to her 27.1 million followers wearing a green leather racing jacket with black and white highlights, colors that some said resembled black. white, green and red colors on the flag of Palestine.
The style of the jacket was similar to the one she wore in this post, but in a different color.
She captioned the post: “Question: What would you do if you weren’t afraid of anything??? Tell me your truth… I was looking at paragliding,” (sic) and added two pairs of eye emojis.
StopAntisemitism said it was alluding to the paragliders used by Hamas in the October 7 attack on Israel, when there was a deadly attack at the Supernova music festival.
Hamas militants paraglided in and killed hundreds of Israelis before taking prisoners back to the Gaza Strip.
The advocacy group shared Alicia’s post on X – formerly known as Twitter – and wrote: “In a now-deleted tweet, Alicia Keys shares an IG post about trying paragliding if she weren’t afraid.
She was pictured wearing a leather racing jacket and black skirt which she paired with slouchy black leather boots.
Alicia threw her hands in the air as she spoke.
Earlier in the day Alicia was photographed heading to BBC Broadcasting House in central London – but she was glued to her phone as she headed inside.
She’s known as a world-famous singer and pianist, and Alicia Keys unexpectedly showed off her skills on Monday.
“Is this some kind of sick ode to the Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel, killed over 1,300 people, beheaded babies, raped women and kidnapped Holocaust survivors @aliciakeys?”
The music artist quickly deleted her photo, with friends saying she was “horrified” by how her post was interpreted.
Alicia responded to the controversy Monday night on Instagram Stories and denied any connection between the paragliding post and the commentary on current events.
“The post I shared earlier was COMPLETELY unrelated to the recent devastating loss of innocent lives,” she said. “My heart was breaking… I am praying and advocating for peace.”
Alicia and her husband, who TMZ reports live near San Diego, live near a famous paragliding spot.
Music manager Guy Oseary, who was born in Israel, defended the singer on Instagram.
Furey: In October, an anti-Semitism advocacy group accused Alicia of delivering a “disgusting ode to Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel” after she asked fans on Instagram whether she should take up paragliding.
The artist responded to the controversy Monday night in an Instagram Stories post, denying any connection between the paragliding post and the commentary on current events.
StopAntisemitism questioned whether Keyes was referring to the paragliders used by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel. Hamas trained with paragliders before the attack.
“There is talk about an anti-Semitic post that my dear friend Alicia Keys posted on her Instagram,” Oseary wrote. “I can confirm to everyone in my community (Star of David emoji) who needs to hear this: This is NOT true.”
He continued, referring to the use of the word “paragliding”: “There was a specific word in her post that our community found very annoying during this very painful time, but it had absolutely nothing to do with it.”
Oseary added: “I spoke to Alicia and she was horrified to find out what the word meant and immediately deleted it. Alicia has always been a fighter for all human rights.
“For over a decade, I had a front row seat to her positive impact on the world. Her humanitarian work reflects her compassion and her heart.”
Podcaster Sarah Foster expressed skepticism about Kees Oseary’s defense, writing: “Crazy. What a coincidence.’