Jennifer Lopez to Release New Album "This Is Me … Now" This Summer

American Hip-hop icon Jennifer Lopez announced Wednesday that her ninth studio album, "This Is Me … Now", is set to arrive sometime in the summer.

Lopez made the announcement during her participation in Spotify’s Stream On event.

“My upcoming album This Is Me … Now is coming out this summer,” she shared while discussing the music streaming service’s new Countdown Pages. 

“Yes, you heard it here first. I’m super excited. Spotify is beginning to roll these pages out to more artists around the world, letting them bring their own personalized strategy to each and every album,”.

The upcoming set is a follow-up to her third studio album, 2002’s "This Is Me … Then".  The singer-actress first announced "This Is Me … Now" back in November, on the 20th anniversary of "This Is Me … Then". 

Lopez later talked about this new album in her Vogue cover story and described it as a “culmination” of who she is. 

“People think they know things about what happened to me along the way, the men I was with — but they really have no idea, and a lot of times they get it so wrong,” she told the magazine. 

"There’s a part of me that was hiding a side of myself from everyone. And I feel like I’m at a place in my life, finally, where I have something to say about it.”

The “On the Floor” singer also revealed the 13-song tracklist in November. In addition to the title track, the album will also include songs such as “To Be Yours,” “Mad in Love,” “Dear Ben Pt. II” and “Hummingbird.” 

In a December edition of her On the JLo newsletter, she explained the significance of “Hummingbird”.

“To me, hummingbirds are messengers of love. I identify with them, but more than anything, whenever I see one, I feel like it’s a sign from God that everything is going to be OK,” she explained at the time. 

The star went on to note that she chose a hummingbird theme for this past holiday season, which she celebrated with her husband Ben Affleck, and their blended family: “I wanted to have a tree in the house that was a hummingbird tree, reminding us that everything done in love and with love will always be OK.”