The first lady of Dunkin’ Donuts.
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Back in 2002, Jennifer Lopez reached new heights on her third album, This Is Me … Then, heavily inspired by her relationship with a little actor named Ben Affleck. Now, Lopez is finally readying a sequel, This Is Me … Now, and it doesn’t take much to figure out who this one’s about either. In case you need to see it to believe it, This Is Me … Now will be accompanied by a film on Prime Video, which a press release describes as “an intimate, fantastical and narrative-driven reflection of Lopez’s journey to find love.” Not to be confused with J.Lo’s 2022 film Marry Me.
We don’t get much more clarity from the trailer, except that this seems to fall somewhere between a perfume commercial and Disney musical. The teaser is all over the place, including a shot of J.Lo riding on the back of a guy’s motorcycle reminiscent of Bennifer’s famous pap shot from 2002, an intervention for Lopez’s “sex addiction,” and a highlight reel from her three weddings. It then veers into sci-fi fantasy as a hole is ripped in the space-time continuum. Seriously. “I know what they say about me, about hopeless romantics. That we’re weak” Lopez says in voiceover. “But, I’m not weak.”
The album, meanwhile, will feature lovestruck songs including “To Be Yours,” “Mad in Love,” and “Greatest Love Story Never Told,” Billboard previously reported, along with “Dear Ben Pt. II,” a sequel to a track on Then. The penultimate song is even called “Midnight Train to Vegas,” a pretty clear reference to their surprise wedding in summer 2022. The first single, “Can’t Get Enough,” is out January 10. Lopez recorded the album — her first in a decade — between 2022–23, per Billboard, with producers including Rogét Chahayed, Angel Lopez, and Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, not to mention herself. Other collaborators include Hit-Boy, Tay Keith, and Yeti Beats. After she first teased This Is Me … Now last year, the album and film will finally be out February 16, 2024. What better time to celebrate true love?
This post has been updated.