Alicia Keys is smoking hot in this just released promo shot for her new album, “Girl On Fire.”

In a statement posted to her website, the multi-Grammy award winning entertainer said she ”felt like a lion locked in a cage and “a girl misunderstood that no one really knew” and it was time for her to “to stop making excuses for any part of my life that I wanted to change,” then just like that she “became a Girl on Fire, the lion broke free!!”

Based on this photo, is it safe to say we’re gonna see a more sultry and sexy Ms. Keys? 

She continued, “Girl on Fire is about new beginnings, new perspectives and fresh starts… stripping away all the bad energy in your life and taking full control of the reigns and how you want to live. There is something really empowering about finding yourself and your own inner strength. On one song, One of the lines I wrote says, “I’ll never be perfect, but at least now I’m brave!”

Read the full note here…