8 years after the release of her last LP, Jennifer Lopez announces that she will be dropping her ninth studio album on the 20th anniversary of This Is Me . . . Then titled This Is Me . . . Now.
JLO admits that the forthcoming record is her most personal and most honest project to date:
“Kind of a culmination of who I am as a person and an artist. 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. 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.”
Speaking with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Lopez explained why she decided to share This Is Me . . . Now:
“Twenty years ago, I fell in love with the love of my life. I was working on an album, and it was called ‘This Is Me . . . Then.’ It was all about capturing that moment in time,” she said. “Now, the most amazing, incredible, unbelievable thing has happened. The reason we’re here is because I want to capture this moment in time because it is even better than the first time.”
This Is Me . . . Then, released in 2002, coincided with the early years of her relationship with Ben Affleck. Twenty years later, history repeats itself as she gets ready to share This Is Me . . . Now.
The anticipated 13-track record includes “confessional songs, reflections on the trials of [Lopez’s] past, and upbeat celebrations of love.” It also spotlights Lopez’s “tough childhood, unsuccessful relationships, and [her] incredible emotional journey.”
See the full tracklist for This Is Me . . . Now below:
- “This Is Me . . . Now”
- “To Be Yours”
- “Mad in Love”
- “Can’t Get Enough”
- “Rebound”
- “Not. Going. Anywhere.”
- “Dear Ben Pt. II”
- “Hummingbird”
- “Hearts and Flowers”
- “Broken Like Me”
- “This Time Around”
- “Midnight Trip to Vegas”
- “Greatest Love Story Never Told”
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
