Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story features many classical music reinterpretations of modern songs, including Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You”. Keys herself joined forces with an orchestra of over 70 women of color to record a new version of the song from her album The Diary of Alicia Keys.
Keys often described “If I Ain’t Got You” as one of her favorite songs, and she celebrated its 20th anniversary in the most magnificent way. She brought together over 70 female musicians of color, who hail everywhere from Germany and Sweden to South Africa and Egypt, to form Queen Charlotte’s Global Orchestra.
The orchestra was led by the conductor Ofentse Pitse, and they all put on Bridgerton-era costumes to give their performance an even more authentic feel.
“The entire idea was quite ambitious. I feel like it’s going to open the minds of many people to realize that women of color belong everywhere and we’ve always been everywhere. It’s magical… This is what our ancestors never experienced,” she told Billboard.
The soundtrack for Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story also features classical music reinterpretations of such modern masterpieces as Beyoncé’s “Run the World” and “Halo, Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”, and SZA’s recent single “Nobody Gets Me”.
