


Keys continues into the chorus, “They said I would never make it/ But I was built to break the mold/ The only dream that I've been chasing is my own/ So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop/ Single mothers waiting on a check to come/ Young teachers, student doctors/ Sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to run/ This goes out to the underdog/ Keep on keeping at what you love/ You'll find that someday soon enough/ You will rise up, rise up, yeah. Alicia Keys roots for every kind of Underdog in the third single from her upcoming seventh album A.L.I.C.I.A. The song, co-written by Ed Sheeran, begins, “She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed/ He was nameless, he was homeless/ She asked him his name and told him what hers was/ He gave her a story 'bout a life/ With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile/ One conversation, a single moment/ The things that change us if we notice/ When we look up, sometimes.” Facts about Underdog The multi-talented Alicia Keys wrote and produced this tune in conjunction with Johnny McDaid. Her seventh and eighth studio albums, Alicia (2020) and Keys (2021), spawned the singles 'Show Me Love', 'Underdog', 'Lala' and 'Best of Me'. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Keys, 39, reflected on the single “ Underdog,” which is featured on her album that was initially scheduled for a spring 2020 release but got delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On her newest single, Alicia Keys is reclaiming the negative connotations associated with the word 'Underdog.' Released on January 9, 'Underdog' is from Keys forthcoming seventh. Alicia Keys is opening up about the meaning behind some of the songs on her latest album, ALICIA.
