Alicia Keys travels to Las Vegas and carrying two jobs as a showgirl and a cabaret singer in search of stardom in the music video for "Tears Always Win," the fifth single off Keys' fifth studio album, "Girl on Fire," which was released last November, debuted at No.1 on Billboard 200. Despite all the glamour and glitz in Sin City, and the fact she's getting good money moonlighting as cabaret dancer - headdress, feathers, fishnets, and all - and the 32-year-old bluesy singer just cannot stop thinking about her ex. It's stylish and emotional.
The powerful ballad "Tears Always Win," is produced by Jeff Bhasker, and co-penned by Bruno Mars and his Smeezingtons partner Phillip Lawrence. Fiery songstress Keys revealed the inspiration behind the song during one of her live performances while on tour, stating, "Some things don't always work out the way that you wish that they would, but you have to give it a try, and at the very least, I have a song for that too." In the R&B diva Keys' hands alone, this missing-my-baby ballad might have fallen victim to overly sappy platitudes about life on the road without her man by her side.
The song finds Keys nursing a broken heart. She explained its meaning to MTV News: "'Tears Always Win' is really about a relationship that's over and you're remembering all the times that it was there," she said. "You're remembering all the ways they filled your space and now that it's not there. You're telling yourself you don't need them, but you're missing them and you're crying about it." Keys also told MTV of the story behind her video: "It's a girl and her working two jobs and she's got all these things going on, but the whole time, she's totally distracted because she's only thinking about how she feels [about her ex], almost at the point [where] you're thinking about the person, but you're also thinking about, kind of, your loneliness and how you feel. How're you gonna get through it?"
The Robert Hales-directed visual, is totally beautiful, really unexpected, features Keys plays both a showgirl and cabaret singer working hard for the money on the Las Vegas strip, all the while longing for her far-away love. It opens with Keys waking up alone and she's looking kind of sad in her motel room in Las Vegas. But she doesn't stick around her place for long, she throws on a leather jacket and walks down the Vegas strip toward the action and lights, where she does her job as a hardworking showgirl, then transforms into a lounge singer accompanied by some backing singers, and plays the piano and sings the emotional ballad about loneliness and lost love in front of some guests.
The song finds Keys nursing a broken heart. She explained its meaning to MTV News: "'Tears Always Win' is really about a relationship that's over and you're remembering all the times that it was there," she said. "You're remembering all the ways they filled your space and now that it's not there. You're telling yourself you don't need them, but you're missing them and you're crying about it." Keys also told MTV of the story behind her video: "It's a girl and her working two jobs and she's got all these things going on, but the whole time, she's totally distracted because she's only thinking about how she feels [about her ex], almost at the point [where] you're thinking about the person, but you're also thinking about, kind of, your loneliness and how you feel. How're you gonna get through it?"
The Robert Hales-directed visual, is totally beautiful, really unexpected, features Keys plays both a showgirl and cabaret singer working hard for the money on the Las Vegas strip, all the while longing for her far-away love. It opens with Keys waking up alone and she's looking kind of sad in her motel room in Las Vegas. But she doesn't stick around her place for long, she throws on a leather jacket and walks down the Vegas strip toward the action and lights, where she does her job as a hardworking showgirl, then transforms into a lounge singer accompanied by some backing singers, and plays the piano and sings the emotional ballad about loneliness and lost love in front of some guests.
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