It’s been a while, I’m not who I was before/You look surprised, your words don’t burn me anymore
from Brand New Me lyrics by Alicia Keys
Co-written with Emeli Sande and it shows as Keys declares a state of independence against a tasteful but dull piano backdrop that mirrors the MOR soul of the London Olympics’ ceremony hogger, before eventually bursting into life with an emphatic crescendo more befitting of its tale of personal growth.
