The "Sex and the City" ladies by now represent New York as much as the Empire State Building and Central Park. So who better to put her own touch on the "Sex and the City 2" soundtrack than Alicia Keys, another iconic New Yorker.
The Big Apple-born singer was approached by the "SATC2" soundtrack executive producer, Salaam Remi, to add some modern flair to the "SATC" theme song. In this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip, Salaam said that Alicia was a natural choice. "I thought about different people who also embody the culture of New York, being a New Yorker, being able to represent that now. Alicia Keys made total sense."
Alicia said she was "really excited" to be a part of the film's soundtrack. "It happened really naturally, really organically. Salaam is a good friend of mine, I've known him for a lot of years, and for him to be involved in all the music for the film is just incredible."
By now you've probably seen "SATC2," so you know that Alicia's hit with Jay-Z, "Empire State of Mind," opens the film, which then transitions into a new version of the theme song that's mashed up with Blondie's "Rapture."
"I was sitting down just thinking of a lot of ways to interpret the theme," Salaam said, "and Blondie's 'Rapture' was just one of the ideas that popped into my head, because I was thinking CBGBs, female, Studio 54. That was one of my favorite songs...It was an easy mix in my brain for that to happen."
Alicia said she enjoyed working on the track because it flowed organically into the film. "It just feels natural and fluid with the same voice and that kind of thing," she said. "It's also at a really cool part of the movie where it's explaining how the girls met. And you always wanted to know that, how did they all come together?"
She also said that she enjoyed putting her own spin on such a memorable song. "Anybody who does a song is going to put their style on it. I definitely wanted to put my style on it and give it my flavor and my flow... It's cool to take a song that I love so much and do it in my style."
Have you seen "Sex and the City 2?" What do you think of Alicia's song?
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