From hitting the slopes on chilly snow caps to posing for a chic photoshoot in the middle of the desert, the “Girl on Fire” singer is already embarking on plenty of adventures this new year. Keys–whose real name is Alicia Augello Cook—shared a series of warm, sunny snaps to Instagram on Friday, showing her followers that she’s entering 2023 with nothing but rays of positivity. Flaunting her radiant sun-kissed glow, the 41-year-old musician struck a pose in front of a scenic desert background while sporting a flowy yellow and pink patterned dress. “MOOD ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨,” she captioned the post, where the “No One” songstress could be seen with her hair pulled back into braids as she accessorized with jumbo gold hoop earrings. The photos mark quite a change of scenery for Keys, who was seen bundling up in freezing temperatures earlier this week. “Keep your head to the sky 🌄🌄🌄” she captioned a series of snowy photos and videos on Instagram while explaining that she was conquering her fears by taking up skiing. “I never thought I wanted to ski, I grew up in New York!! Who wants to go somewhere to be COLD!!!!???🥶🥶❄️❄️❄️❄️” the Hell’s Kitchen native wrote. “But now that I tried it, what I love about it is… it forces you to live on YOUR edge, to overcome your fears of falling, of failing. It teaches me to lean into the direction of the fall. When I do I’m actually more stable and stronger than I ever believed I could be.” She concluded her post with a positive message for the new year, preaching, “I wish this for all of us this year! That we’re unafraid to fall. That we live on the edge and find out how powerful we actually are.”
