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September 17th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Alicia Keys Doesn’t Mean Anything (Lyrics, Video)

Here is the Alicia Keys Doesn’t Mean Anything lyrics, video. It is the lead single of the 12-time Grammy Award winner’s forthcoming fourth studio album set for release in November 2009. The song can be heard via the video below. The official music video will be posted as soon as it is available.

Additionally, the Alicia Keys Today Show video from September 16, 2009 is below in which she discussed the 2009 MTV VMA Awards; Lil Mama’s appearance on stage during her performance with Jay-Z on Empire State of Mind. When co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb asked her to comment about it, she initially said: “I’d rather not speak about it. The performance was so phenomenal, it doesn’t matter about anything else.” Later in the interview, she revealed: “We can appreciate her being overwhelmed and inspired. But we would have appreciated it if she would have did it from her seat.”

On the Kanye West Taylor Swift incident at the MTV VMAs, she offered this assessment: “I think that obviously he knew that wasn’t in the best taste, in retrospect, and I think he realized that wasn’t quite the right thing to do.”

Regarding the new single, she said “lifts you up and takes you somewhere on a journey” while noting the the lyrics reflect upon how material things and success contrast with what is more important, as signified in such lines as “From a far, seems I’ve had it all, but it doesn’t mean anything / now that you’re gone.”

Here are the Alicia Keys Doesn’t Mean Anything lyrics in their entirety.

The album’s title and release date are not yet determined. EW.com quotes the singer-songwriter as saying of the new album: