Jennifer Lopez has signed a new global recording and publishing partnership with BMG for her new album, ‘This is Me… Now’. 

Her ninth album overall and first in almost a decade, the LP is the sequel to This Is Me… Then (2002) and will be released via Nuyorican/BMG. 

Written and recorded at her home studio in Los Angeles during 2022 and 2023, the project documents her journey over the past three years, splitting from fiancé Alex Rodriguez and reuniting with Ben Affleck, who she married last year. 

BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld said: “Jennifer Lopez is a global superstar artist, entertainer… a phenomenon. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with her and her team to release her first album in nearly a decade.”

Thomas Scherer, BMG’s President, Repertoire & Marketing, Los Angeles and New York, added: “We are both excited and proud to partner with Jennifer Lopez on this long-awaited sequel to This is Me… Then.

“Clearly written with love and through experience, This Is Me..Now is uplifting and inspiring. ‘Jenny From The Block’ is back at a point in her career when her message is bigger than ever.”

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 last year, Lopez said of the project: “We captured me at this moment in time when I was reunited with the love of my life and we decided we were going to be together forever. The whole message of the album then is, ‘This love exists. This is a real love.’ 

“Now I think what the message of the album is very much if you were wondering if you have, like me at times, lost hope, almost given up, don’t, because true love does exist and some things do last forever and that’s real.”