Alicia Keys Covers Post Malone's "Congratulations" At IHeartRadio Festival

Alicia Keys is an angel.

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Alicia Keys processes one of the most beautiful voices alive today and she just used that sound to cover one of Post Malone’s best tracks. During Saturday’s iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, the singer performed an angelic rendition of Malone’s “Congratulations” off of his 2016 record, Stoney.

The multitalented Keys begins the performance by singing while also playing the piano. Her wonderful voice brings elegance to the lines, “Now they always say congratulations/Worked so hard, forgot how to vacation/They ain't never had the dedication.”

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Keys performed a handful of other songs such as “Girl on Fire” and “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart.” It’s been three years since her last project, HERE, but she has more work on the way. She released a duet with Miquel earlier this month titled, “Show Me Love.” She’s commented on her upcoming work telling Harpers Bazaar, “It reflects where I am today—the deeper acceptance I have of who I am as a full human being, the flaws, the pieces that I used to push aside because I wasn’t ready to embrace the anger or the fear or the crazy.” Check out more of her performance below and stream “Show Me Love” here.


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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.