American Hip-hop icon Jennifer Lopez‘s highly anticipated new album "This Is Me … Now"’ has been set for release on February 16, 2024.
Lopez dropped the trailer for the upcoming project on Monday. In the brief snippet, the singer is seated in front of a fire while the rain pours outside. She tosses a letter into the fire as she says, "When I was a little girl, when someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always… in love."
The handwritten letter is dated December 24, 2002, and appears to be from Affleck in the early days of the couple's relationship.
"Life's tough but you're sweet," the note reads. "Thanks for the gift. Hope you like the flowers. You told me you could never have enough. I believe you. B,".
Lopez previously teased the release with a special message for her fans.
"This musical experience is a manifestation, through music, film, reality, of a life’s journey on the search for the truth about love," she shared on Instagram over the weekend.
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The new album, written and executive-produced by Lopez and Rogét Chayed, along with Angel Lopez, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, HitBoy, Tay Keith, and INK among others, will combine R&B, pop, hip-hop and Lopez’s vocals.
"Can’t Get Enough", the first single from "This Is Me…Now: The Album", will be released on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
The singer-actress first announced "This Is Me … Now" in November 2022, on the 20th anniversary of "This Is Me … Then".
The album serves as a followup to Lopez’s third studio album, 2002’s "This Is Me … Then", which was dedicated to her partner at the time, Ben Affleck.
The two were engaged in 2002 before parting ways in early 2004 — that is, until 2022 when the couple rekindled their romance. Now married to Affleck, Lopez has confirmed that the upcoming album is also inspired by Affleck and their stronger-than-ever relationship.
“The reason we’re here is because I want to capture this moment in time because it is even better than the first time,” the “Jenny From the Block” musician told Zane Lowe last year. “We captured me at this moment in time when I was reunited with the love of my life, and we decided we were going to be together forever. The whole message of the album then is this love exists. This is a real love.”
The "I'm Real" singer previously revealed the tracklist, which includes the song, "Dear Ben Pt. II" -- a continuation of "Dear Ben," a song she dedicated to Affleck.
Lopez teased the lyrics to the song in August when she penned a message to the love of her life on their 1-year wedding anniversary.
Last year, Lopez spoke with Vogue and shared what the upcoming project means to her.
"This album is the most honest thing I have done, a culmination of who I am as a person and an artist," she said.
"People think they know things about what happened to me along the way -- but they really have no idea, and a lot of times they get it so wrong. There’s a part of me that was hiding a side of myself from everyone. And I."
The news comes down that there will also be a movie “Inspired by the Music” released on the same date.
Amazon MGM Studios has acquired and will release Nuyorican Productions’ This Is Me…Now: The Film on Prime Video worldwide.
"This is Me…Now: The Film" is described as a narrative driven, intimate, reflective, sexy, funny, fantastical musical and visual reimagining of Lopez’s publicly scrutinized love life.
The official press release for the launch describes the project as follows: “Along with Director Dave Meyers, Lopez creates a genre-redefining immersive cinematic experience: an extravagant visual and sonic feast with impressive choreography, star studded cameos, costumes, sets and blockbuster-worthy visuals. Although an astonishing vivid spectacle, the film is ultimately a heartfelt ode to JL’s journey of self-healing and everlasting belief in fairytale endings. Audiences will be captivated and leave hopeful that true love can be more than a dream.”
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