A few days after the launch of This Is Me… Now, Jennifer Lopez revealed that this could be the last album of her career.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, The singer and actress assured that for this album, her first in ten years and the ninth of her career, she worked very hard to make it as special as possible.
“We did a lot of different album covers. “We try to make things that are very special for the fans and make collectible items that they like,” JLo said.
“The truth is, I don’t even know if I’ll ever make another album after this one. “It’s the quintessential Jennifer Lopez kind of project and I really feel very accomplished, so really at some point they will be collectors’ items,” she added.
The singer also explained why she considered this could be her last album of her career.. “I feel like it’s the end of kind of an era for me and the beginning of a new one, so I would never say never, but now I feel like I really put my heart and soul into this and I’m really excited and it definitely took a lot out of me.” “, said.
Love inspired her
Recently, 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.
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.
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