Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire (official Video) May 2026

The video earned nominations for and Best R&B Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards .

Keys stated that the video's intent was to show that "everyday things really make us girls on fire," regardless of background or status. It focuses on the internal strength required to "blaze your own trail". Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire (Official Video)

: Directed by Sophie Muller, the video breaks from pop tropes by portraying Keys as a "super-mom" managing a household—cooking, cleaning, and caring for an elderly relative. Critics noted this as an "intriguing move," with the Wall Street Journal describing it as "making 21st-century domesticity sexy". The video earned nominations for and Best R&B

: Reviewers from Okayplayer compared the visual aesthetic to cinematic classics like Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love , praising its bold lighting and rich, saturated colors. : Directed by Sophie Muller, the video breaks