"Kaleidoscope" was released on March 22, 2024, through AKW Records as the lead single from the soundtrack album of the 2024 Broadway musical Hell's Kitchen.

[1][2] In June 2023, Keys announced she had written her first jukebox musical Hell's Kitchen inspired by her own life and career in New York City.

In an interview for Entertainment Weekly Keys explained the meaning of the song and its composition process:"It's that feeling when everything is spectacular and there's this moment that becomes illuminated.

[12] On March 22, 2024, Alicia Keys performed the song with the musical lead actress Maleah Joi Moon and the casts at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

[16] The video featured Keys herself, Maleah Joi Moon and the casts of Hell's Kitchen and was filmed at Manhattan Plaza in New York City.