According to Billboard.com, Keys is already planning her next album, while her current album, As I Am, released in November 2007, is still on the charts.
Keys, 27, is presently on tour promoting As I Am, and contemplating her next album. “Part of what I’ve been thinking about is, ‘What are the ways that I want to express myself this time?’ When I was just finishing recording ‘As I Am,’ I said to myself that I want to do something that’s totally stripped-down, stripped-back, totally piano-based, singer-songwriter; [a] Joni Mitchell, Carole King type of vibe.”
The singer admitted that her biggest challenge would be to find some quiet time in her life to work on new pieces.