Anyone Notice Alicia Keys At The VMAS Not Wearing Any Drop Of Makeup?

Back in May, Alicia Keys wrote an essay for LennyLetter in which she announced that she was no longer going to be wearing makeup, as part of a journey to uncover herself and stop trying to fit societal expectations.

“[Being photographed without makeup on was] the strongest, most empowered, most free, and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt,” she wrote. “I hope to God it’s a revolution. Cause I don’t want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing.”

If you thought that she would have made an exception for the VMAs, you thought wrong. Alicia Keys walked the red carpet completely au natural Sunday night.

And she didn’t change her look when she took to the stage to present the award for Best Male Video, while sharing an inspiring poem and accapella performance in honor of the 53rd anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

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