She’s known for being a globally acclaimed singer and piano player and Alicia Keys showed off her skills in an unexpected way on Monday.
The star, 42, delighted commuters when she performed on one of the public pianos in the train station of London’s St Pancras train station.
Alicia had a large crowd start to circle around her as she played some of her favourite tunes in the packed station.
She was pictured wearing a leather car racing jacket and a black skirt which she teamed with slouchy black leather boots.
Alicia was pictured heading into the BBC Broadcasting House in Central London earlier in the day, but was glued to her phone as she headed inside.
Alicia Keys delighted commuters as she performed in London’s St Pancras train station on the public pianos on Monday
Alicia had a large crowd start to circle around her as she played some of her favourite tunes in the packed station
In October, Alicia was accused of making a ‘sick ode to Hamas terror attacks on Israel’ by an anti-Semitism advocacy group after asking fans if she should take up paragliding on Instagram.
The singer whose music producer husband Swiss Beatz (real name Kasseem Dean) is Muslim, quickly deleted the post and responded to the controversy that same evening where she said it was ‘COMPLETELY unrelated’ to the brutal war.
Alicia was accused of using a coded messages to signal her support for Hamas after she uploaded a photo to her 27.1million followers, while wearing a green leather racing jacket with black and white highlights, in colors some said were reminiscent of the black, white, green and red seen on Palestine’s flag.
The jacket was similar in style to the one she wore in that post but in a different colourway.
She captioned the post: ‘Question: What would u do if you weren’t afraid of anything??? Tell me your truth… I’ve had my eyes on paragliding,’ (sic) and added two sets of emojis of eyes.
StopAntisemitism claimed she was making a subtle reference to the paragliders Hamas used in its October 7 attack on Israel when a deadly attack happened at the Supernova music festival.
Hamas gunmen flew in on paragliders and killed hundreds of Israelis, before taking captives back into Gaza.
The advocacy group reshared 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 wasn’t afraid.
She was pictured wearing a leather car racing jacket and a black skirt which she teamed with slouchy black leather boots
Alicia threw her arms up in the air as she performed
Alicia was pictured heading into the BBC Broadcasting House in Central London earlier in the day, but was glued to her phone as she headed inside
She’s known for being a globally acclaimed singer and piano player and Alicia Keys showed off her skills in an unexpected way on Monday
‘Is this some sick ode to the Hamas terrorists that infiltrated Israel, killed over 1300 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 on Monday evening in an Instagram Stories and denied any connection between the paragliding post and commentary on current events.
‘The post I shared earlier was COMPLETELY unrelated to the recent devastating loss of innocent lives,’ she said. ‘My heart has been breaking… I pray and stand for peace.’
Alicia and her husband, who, according to TMZ, are based near San Diego live near a well-known paragliding spot.
Music manager Guy Oseary, who was born in Israel, defended the singer on Instagram.
Fury: In October, Alicia was accused of making a ‘sick ode to Hamas terror attacks on Israel’ by an anti-Semitism advocacy group after asking fans if she should take up paragliding on Instagram
The artist responded to the controversy on Monday evening in an Instagram Stories post, denying any connection between the paragliding post and commentary on current events
StopAntisemitism questioned if Keys was making a subtle reference to the paragliders Hamas used in its October 7 attack on Israel. Hamas was seen training with paragliders before the attack
‘There’s talk of an anti-Semitic post that my dear friend Alicia Keys had up on her Instagram,’ Oseary wrote. ‘I can confirm to anyone in my [Star of David emoji] community that needs to hear it: it’s NOT true.’
He continued, in reference to the use of the word paragliding, ‘There was a specific word in her post that our community at this very painful time find very triggering, but it was absolutely not connected in any way.’
Oseary added, ‘I spoke to Alicia and she was horrified to learn what the word implied and immediately took it down. Alicia has always been a fighter for all human rights.
‘I’ve had a front row seat for over a decade of seeing her positive influence in the world. Her humanitarian work reflects her empathy and her heart.’
Podcaster Sara Foster expressed scepticism at Oseary’s defence of Keys, writing, ‘Crazy. What a coincidence.’
