Alicia Keys Wears Custom Bejeweled Versace Gown and Dramatic Thigh-High Boots to The Albies

The musician sang her hit “If I Ain’t Got You” at the star-studded ceremony

Alicia Keys in custom Versace. PHOTO: VERSACE

This girl is on fire!

Alicia Keys knows how to turn up the heat at an event, and she did just that at The Albies on Thursday night.

The 15-time Grammy winner wore a custom Versace floor-length gown, featuring a structured bustier top attached to a light-reflective bejeweled chainmail skirt with a thigh-high slit. She rounded out the look with equally high pointed-toe boots.

Meanwhile Keys’ eye-catching jewelry — including an impressive ring complementing her red-tip French manicure — and multi-braid ponytail exuded modern-day elegance.

Keys — who performed her mega-hit “If I Ain’t Got You” at the ceremony — shared snippets of her glamorous night out to her Instagram Story, including a selfie taken with Andra Day, who closed out the night with a performance of “Rise Up.”

Alicia Keys in custom Versace.VERSACE

The Keys Soulcare founder, 42, is also, as always, embracing her natural beauty at the event — even when she amplifies it with statement glam. After taking a stance against societal standards on beauty and going completely makeup-free in 2016, she started a conversation about beauty that she’s continued through her own brand.

“I feel like a lot of times we feel the pressure to be perfect, or the pressure to look a certain way,” she told PEOPLE in 2022. “I definitely have felt that pressure, and I definitely have experienced that. So, along the way, I realized that the only beauty standard I should follow is the one that I create.”

She added, “I allowed other people’s opinions or thoughts or even my own assumption somehow control me or make me subscribe to someone else’s beauty standards… Some days you want to be completely free from anything on your face, other days you want to turn it up because that’s how you’re feeling and that’s okay.”

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Keys has worn a number of memorable looks on the red carpet, including her 2022 Met Gala dress. For the night, whose theme was Gilded Glamour, celebrating the gilded age of New York City, Keys wore a Ralph Lauren gown that featured the skyline of the city that never sleeps.

“My inspiration is our city. New York City forever. To just be able to have the Empire State here — Ralph Lauren is from New York,” she said of her look at the time. “We really just wanted to bring New York to the gala. I love it.”

“I’m proud of our city. Tonight we are looking forward to being together — all together and having some fun,” Keys added.

Her husband, Swizz Beatz, rocked a black and white New York jacket and matching hat, also touting the Big Apple.

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The Albies were held Thursday night in New York City at the New York Public Library by the Clooney Foundation for Justice. The awards are named for Justice Albie Sachs, who helped end apartheid in South Africa, and they are given to those who have devoted their own lives to justice.

This year’s honorees include Congolese gynecologist and human rights advocate Dr. Denis Mukwege; journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi; Ukranian rights group Truth Hounds; the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression; and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.

The evening is hosted by Amal and George Clooney and president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker.