Jennifer Lopez celebrated 20 years of her 2002 album ‘This Is Me… Then’ by announcing its sequel.
Due early 2023, ‘This Is Me.. Now’ “chronicles the emotional, spiritual and psychological journey that she has taken over the past two decades,” according to a press release.
Her first long-player since 2014’s ‘A.K.A.’ marks Jennifer’s return to writing and producing, for an album of confessional songs and upbeat “celebrations of love”.
According to the release, the album “is a philosophy, a reflection, a zeitgeist moment. It’s about hope, faith and true love never dying.”
The third album from Jennifer Lopez arrived following her initial engagement to Ben Affleck, as captured in the song Dear Ben. They called off the engagement in 2004, but rekindled their romance in 2021 and wed earlier this year.
On the tracklist for ‘This Is Me.. Now’ is a sequel song, Dear Ben Part II, alongside a handful of cuts that appear to reflect on their romance.
Speaking to Vogue, Jennifer recently described the album as the most honest work she’s ever done.
“People think they know things about what happened to me along the way, the men I was with – but they really have no idea, and a lot of times they get it so wrong,” she explained.
“There’s a part of me that was hiding a side of myself from everyone. And I feel like I’m at a place in my life, finally, where I have something to say about it.”
‘This Is Me… Now’ is due in 2023.
Tracklist: Jennifer Lopez – This Is Me… Now
- This Is Me … Now
- To Be Yours
- Mad in Love
- Can’t Get Enough
- Rebound
- not. going. anywhere.
- Dear Ben Part ll
- Hummingbird
- Hearts and Flowers
- Broken Like Me
- This Time Around
- Midnight Trip to Vegas
- Greatest Love Story Never Told
