Ben Affleck inspired Jennifer Lopez to make new music. Recently, JLo said that her relationship with the American actor motivated her to work on her new album. This Is Me… Now.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, The singer and actress assured that finding love again with her husband Ben Affleck was very important to compose her ninth albumwhich will be available starting February 16.
“When Ben and I got back together, it was like, ‘I want to make music again, I want to get back in the studio,’” he said. “I felt very, very inspired,” she added.
JLo said that since she returned to Affleck she felt so happy that she wanted to capture the moment through one of the things he loves most: music.
“Once the music was done, it seemed very special to me and it seemed very different from what I had done, even though I have written about love my entire career,” he said.
The singer assured that she will feel comfortable with this facet of her careerin which he appears most vulnerable.
“Half the time I was like, ‘This is amazing! I’m so excited to be doing this!’ And then at halftime I thought, ‘Why are you doing this? You’re so crazy,’” JLo said. “But I think that’s what being an artist is all about, you know, you have to do it. That is the difference between being an artist and not being one, how vulnerable you can be,” she added.
A film that documents their love story
Jennifer Lopez will also accompany the album with a film that will document her love story with Ben Affleck: This Is Me… Now: A Love Story.
The decision to document their relationship was not easy, admitted López, as he revealed that not everyone around him supported the idea; However, he did not get carried away by the comments and followed his intuition.
“As artists, we have to follow our hearts and this is me following my heart and doing something that maybe everyone didn’t think was the best idea, but I had to do it,” he said in his conversation with Variety.
Regarding the film that is expected to be released in February, the singer did not want to reveal details, but He assured that it is a “musical experience”. “You have to see it and you will have to live it to understand it,” she said.
This Is Me… Now It is a continuation of the album he released in 2002, This Is Me…Thenwhich included hits like “Jenny From The Block” and is considered one of his best works.
J.Jennifer López began her musical career in 1999 with the album On The 6 after having previously gained popularity in films such as Selena, in which she played the Latin diva of the same name.
Until her eighth and last album, AKA (2014), the artist has built a solid discography sustained by hit songs such as “If You Had My Love”, “I’m Real” or “Let’s Get Loud” and memorable performances such as who starred in the musical interlude of the Superbowl in 2020 alongside Shakira.
The Bennifers
The relationship between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, known as Bennifer, was one of the most popular of the 2000s, even though it only lasted a little over two years.
Both They met on the set of the movie Gigli. At that time, JLo was still married to dancer Cris Judd, from whom she separated a few months after meeting the actor.
Their relationship quickly became one of the most talked about in the media. and became even more relevant when they got engaged in 2002; However, as a result of the siege of the paparazzi and the press, the couple decided to postpone the wedding a few hours before it was to take place.
Shortly after, they broke off the relationship and, although they gave each other another chance, They definitively announced their goodbye in January 2004..
At the end of that same year, she married Marc Anthony and, the following year, he married Jennifer Garner. They both had children as a result of those relationships..
Despite having separated Jennifer López and Ben Affleck They maintained a great friendship that eventually turned into a new romance.
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