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Keys in the song of life

Along with a new sound and introspective focus on her upcoming album, Keys has adopted a natural, makeup-free look

ALICIA KEYS HAS SUNG MANY SONGS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY, BUT SHE’S never released an ode to the Big Apple quite like “Gramercy Park.” The track, which she recently recorded as she prepares her upcoming and still untitled new album, is a marvel of a thing, with warm guitars and buttery vocals built around a hook that fits the star’s current mind-set like a glove: “Now you’re falling for

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