So There Are Two Theories Which Possibly Cover This Discrepancy. One Is That Even Prior to Becoming Universally Famous, Keys Still Enjoyed a Celebrity-Like Standing Considering That She Had Been Hustling in the Music Industry Since About a Decade Prior. or as She Has Personally Implied, Before Blowing up She Was Akin to a Genius Whose Greatness No One Truly Respected.

So Yes, from a Poetic Standpoint This Song Has a General Applicability. but Taking into Consideration Gender Pronouns and All, It Can Also Be Deemed as Speaking Specifically to the Female Experience.

Facts About “Caged Bird”

This Is One of the Tracks That Were Featured on Keys’ Very First Album. the Album Goes by the Title “Songs in a Minor”. the Entire Project Is a Product of J Records Who Put It out on 5 June 2001.

Was “Caged Bird” a Single from “Songs in a Minor”?

No. There Were Only Four Official Singles Birthed by the Said Project. They Are:

“Caged Bird” by Alicia Keys

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