Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire (official Video) ✯ < HIGH-QUALITY >

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

: 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". Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire (Official Video)

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". The video earned nominations for and Best R&B

: Rolling Stone lauded the video for applying "glamour and magic" to chores, noting a subtle Mary Poppins inspiration in scenes where objects move on their own. Keys stated that the video's intent was to