Jennifer Lopez’s Publicly Scrutinized Love Life In ‘This Is Me Now’ Film _ E! Ne

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00:00 When I was a little girl, when someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my

00:08 answer was always in love.

00:16 Let's get loud because we have a release date for JLo's ninth studio album, This Is Me Now.

00:22 The singer announces that This Is Me Now will drop February 16, 2024, and with it a corresponding

00:30 film.

00:31 A November 27 press release notes the This Is Me Now the film, quote, "is like nothing

00:38 you've ever seen from JL.

00:40 A narrative-driven, intimate, reflective, sexy, funny, fantastical, and highly entertaining

00:47 musical and visual reimagining of her publicly scrutinized love life."

00:52 While This Is Me Now marks Lopez's first new album since 2014's AKA, it also marks the

01:00 culmination of her journey in the more than two decades since her 2002 album, This Is

01:07 Me Then, dropped.

01:09 The film, directed by Dave Myers, promises to include, quote, "impressive choreography,

01:16 star-studded cameos, costumes, sets, and blockbuster-worthy visuals."

01:22 Although an astonishing vivid spectacle, the film is ultimately a heartfelt ode to JL's

01:28 journey of self-healing and everlasting belief in fairytale endings.

01:33 Of course, this includes Lopez's love story with husband Ben Affleck, who after getting

01:38 engaged and splitting in the early 2000s, rekindled their romance in 2021.

01:44 In January, the singer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she opened up about the new album

01:50 and how the couple getting back together was, quote, "kind of like a miracle."

01:55 "Album I wanted to talk about and the song because the album, can you say what the album

02:00 title is or is that a secret?"

02:01 "It's called This Is Me Now.

02:02 So I did an album 20 years ago that was, obviously, that had a song called Dear Ben on it that

02:07 was about the time that me and Ben were together then.

02:11 And I got very inspired when we got back together.

02:14 It was kind of like a miracle and something that neither one of us really ever thought

02:18 would happen.

02:20 And I went into the studio and I wrote an album in like two months.

02:24 Boom, done.

02:25 And I have it and I'm prepping it to come out now."

02:28 "Is that a lot of pressure on Ben?

02:29 Like you go and you write a song about him.

02:31 Now he's like, 'Well, what do I do now?

02:34 Like do I write a movie about Ben?

02:37 I mean, what am I supposed to do?'"

02:39 "Not necessary.

02:40 Not necessary.

02:41 It's just, that's how I express myself."

02:42 "I don't know what the uh…"

02:43 "I'm very, very excited for everybody to hear it."

02:45 "There's a Dear Ben Part 2 on your new album."

02:47 "Yeah, there is."

02:48 "Now I don't have those lyrics, but Dear Ben Part 1, the lyrics were, 'You're perfect.'

02:56 "He is."

02:57 "I just can't control myself."

02:58 "I can't."

02:59 "I can't be with no one else."

03:00 "Nope."

03:01 "It seems I'm addicted to the way you like to touch me."

03:03 "Yes."

03:04 "I don't think they understand why I love At Your Command."

03:08 "I love At Your Command."

03:09 "Yeah."

03:10 "Yeah, no, it was just like a sexy song."

03:11 "Yeah."

03:12 "I'm younger than…"

03:13 "Yeah."

03:14 "But I felt like those lyrics were really innocent.

03:16 This album, obviously, is 20 years older and so are we."

03:19 "Well, the new song."

03:20 "Yeah."

03:21 "Yeah."

03:22 "Yeah."

03:23 "Yeah."

03:24 "Yeah."

03:25 "Yeah."

03:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]

03:29 (upbeat music)

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