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  • Oct
    27
    2012

    Alicia Keys Croaks ‘Girl On Fire’ On ‘Vh1 Storytellers’

    Written by TriniTrent | Filed under Alicia Keys
    Alicia Keys Vh1 Storytellers TheLavaLizard

    Alicia Keys croaks on ‘VH1 Storytellers: Alicia Keys’.

    The once was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children with nothing do so she gave them some money to buy Alicia Keys some honey, thus saving her vocal cords before they turned bloody. At least, that is what many wished happened before Keys filmed ‘Vh1 Storytellers: Alicia Keys’.

    Set to air on November 12th at 11pm ET, this instalment of ‘Vh1 Storytellers’ features an increasingly hoarse Keys trying her best to belt her song ‘Girl on Fire’ but falling horribly flat on her tattered singing voice. If you thought her other recent performances were bad then you haven’t heard anything yet. Watch the catastrophe below:

    Keys sounded horrible during that ‘Vh1 Storytellers’ performance and many members of the audience looked as though they didn’t know if to clap or dial 911. Does she hear herself? Is she experiencing a medical issue that she has yet to share with her fans? Either way, it is clear that Keys needs serious help. I don’t even know what else to say. Honestly, what was that?!

    Thoughts?



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    • CheSkellington

      LMAO!

    • https://twitter.com/_feeniix_ _feeniix_

      I love Alicia… Lord knows I do, but she didn’t even go a full 2 minutes before sounding a mess.

    • Girrrl

      Jeez that’s terrible!

    • MC

      Oh.My.God. I am disappointed in A.Keys

    • Ariana

      For the most part she didn’t sound that bad but I get Trent’s point. First of all, I’ve always seen Alicia as a musician, so as a musician that she is it amazes me that she doesn’t try to correct or rearrange some some of the notes and keys in her own songs.
      She started right but eventually went downhill by trying too hard. I wish her well, she’s a gifted musician though and I hope she visits SOON her vocal coach :(

    • Anna

      LMAO ! I am DONE with you Trent! I’m weping @ “croaks” in the title and “and many members of the audience looked as though they didn’t know if to clap or dial 911″. Man i never thought Alicia would become one of those singers that need a vocal coach.

    • NotAFanofAKeysritenow

      Even if her people are allowing this for their monetary selfish gain she can hear herself. No amount of bass is going to over shadow that now defunct voice. \_ \_ please A. Keys.

    • Music-Doc

      She started off well, and then her vocal chords went straight to hell. That’s why she’s on “firrrrrre.”

      Alicia, I love you, but please get a vocal coach A.S.A.P. (T.I.’s voice)!

    • larry

      im highly upset! She needs to get medical help! too talented for this ish

    • …

      deadd at her laughing @ her self. she fucking knows she sounds like a strangled cat. some bullshit

    • Alicia fan

      Trent please post the performance from Itunes Festival, Skavlan and the Manchester Concert, she sounds perfect on them. This and the VMA’s one were not good but after these 2 she’s been fine.

    • theman

      Trent goes overboard occasionally. She didn’t sound horrible. She did a decent job. She has a beautiful voice when she isn’t doing too much. But this was far from one of the worse performances. If she would sing with restraint she would be good.

    • pineapple

      She is truly a horrifically bad singer. When people cite her as their favorite singer/artist/celebrity I immediately seat them in my mind.

      She RUINED Whitney Houston’s funeral for me and I will NEVER FORGIVE her for that

      • sr85

        I still wept at that moment…..

        • Alex W.

          May be God is paying her back for ruining a family.

        • Mario

          And why do you care?Did she break up your family?

      • V

        I give her a pass with that one. Let’s say it was the emotions…

    • sr85

      I just……………wtf happened to her voice tho? I was so fuckin present for the butch lesbian from the first 3 albums; that soulful bitch i was her for. It’s like……no shade but she sounds horrible live now. Girl, drink some green tea, hum or something. I don’t even know if i’m gonna purchase this album.

    • Shea Butter

      … i think she needs to change the key of this song or something because it sounds a rough in upper register right now. i also feel like she sounds clumsy throughout the song, even in some of the lower keys.

      Maybe the promo trail is taking its toll on her.

    • sr85

      And i had to comment again………i would’ve walked straight the fuck out when she started straining like she got hemmroids at the chorus. Jesus be a vocal coach & a cough drop! I mean she’s struggling, damn she is too talented, shit rihanna puts a better live show than her ass at the moment! YES I TOOK IT THERE! Painful i know LOL

      • pineapple

        because Rihanna RARELY tries to hit notes she can’t, that’s just real talk

      • Anna

        rihanna sounds bad even when she is hitting simple ass notes. Please. I know Alicia sounded very BAD but rihanna is the queen of the “sound like a dying cat live” sorority.

    • …

      her voice getting worse as time goes by is probably her karma for stealing swizz. somwhere mashonda probably just blew out the flame from her black candle of revenge with a smirk on her face.

      • pineapple

        BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHH

        YASSSSSSSSSSS!!!

        *faint*

    • LOL

      She hasn’t been A.Keys since ‘As I Am’, I don’t give two fucks what ‘ The Element of Freedom’ sold, she has been getting worse, lyrically, visually and vocally.

      She even has that Whitney Houston “glow” if you know what I mean… Thats drugs. I AM CONVINCED.

      • SR 85

        U meant the element of bullshit! Cuz there was nothin freedom about that shit! She was damn near flawless on her first 2 albums, as I am was ok…..I appreciated the body of work. And I’ve seen Alicia 4x in concert during the songs in a minor & the diary: she was EVERYTHING live! I would not pay to see her now, I wouldn’t even take a free ticket.

    • Jeweley girl

      You could not tell at first that Alicia Keys sounded that horrible
      until she tried to hit those high notes. It would have been
      better,if she had lip syncing the song. A vocal coach
      might help but I think she losing her voice.

    • JustMe_Andria

      I don’t think there’s anything she can do to help the quality of her voice. Alicia’s voice has changed. She needs to stop singing songs that are out of her range. She needs to consider taking her music in a different direction cause that’s not working.

    • olivia

      omg at 1.18 Like that ish made me choke jesus a set of new vocals .For the love of God Alicia that shit was horrendous.

    • theman

      Exaggerating……….. It wasn’t that bad………

    • WonderLand19

      LOOOOOOOOOl That was funny. Iam a BIG Alicia Keys fan but that was funny lol! I still love this song tho.Big Tune.

    • http://www.facebook.com/montdoesgraphics lamont

      Lolol! Exaggerating much? There were some shaky moments for sure but it was an overall solid performance. But then again I love gospel music and the rawness/grit to some of those singers voices so that’s prolly why it didn’t seem bad to me. She sounded soulful. I jus need her to find better runs, that’s all.

    • DOMOdotSCORE

      I really want her to win but she apparently doesn’t want it for herself. She needs a vocal coach, it’s way past a suggestion, it’s a plea. She would get more respect if she admitted to herself that she needs vocal lessons and takes the initiative to get them.

    • LOL

      *twiddles thumbs* Awaiting fot his video to become ‘no longer available’ like the VMA performance…

    • dmmcn

      Dawg, you guys are overreacting. This performance was NOT as bad as you say it is. Maybe her voice cracked a bit at 1:18, but this performance was fine. I don’t understand why people come on blogs like this & complain & judge artists. Somewhere there are people that enjoy Alicia Keys’ music/performances & those are the people who she’s here for. It’s people like you guys that make it hard for entertainers/artists/creators today because you don’t mind your business. If you don’t like what an artist does, then leave them be. Alicia Keys wasn’t put on this earth to please everybody.

    • http://purpleskyyys.blogspot.com InnaLeigh

      LOL! Trent, I am HATING you… I haven’t seen anyone use the word croak since my Great Grandma was alive… And that Mother Goose tale you told in the beginning of the post >>>>>>>>
      I honestly haven’t been into Keys music since she released her 3rd album in ’07, I believe it was. I mean, her voice changed a LONG time ago, but people weren’t trying to hear it. Now we have no other option, because its obvious.

      And don’t get me wrong, I love Alicia’s female anthems…. But I would love to hear some different type of songs from her. “You Don’t Know My Name”, “Butterflies”, something soft… That could make her voice sound better. I think she has gotten so deep into it that she thinks that screaming is singing and its not.

    • PankATL

      I think what shocks me most is the fact that she’s a musician, yet seems to not know how to make a song in a comfortable/natural range for her voice. She’s in dire need of a vocal coach.

    • redsimba

      Hearing her strain like that makes my throat hurt.

    • RiRiNaVii

      THAT GIF!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

    • Tastefully Nasty

      The best thing about the “Girl On Fire” song is the AMEX commercial…

      • Tastefully Nasty

        *Citibank….see, the song even makes the commercial forgettable

    • AK47

      Fist off who is the owner of this site because you need to get your spelling together and make sure you’re not leaving out words before you try to “read” someone. Ijs and yes there was a couple wtf moments but it wasn’t at all bad like several tried to make it. At the end of the day shes a top selling artist making millions and ill leave it at that

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