After years of waiting for new music, Jennifer Lopez‘s fans are just days away from her latest album and a new movie musical experience. The actress and singer’s next studio album This Is Me…Now is due out on February 16, the same day her Amazon Prime Video film This Is Me…Now: A Love Story hits the streaming service. It’s been almost 10 years since Lopez’s last album, A.K.A., dropped. So what did it take for the singer to get back in the studio? She opened in a new interview about how her husband Ben Affleck inspired her creative process.
Think back a few years — it’s the spring of 2021, and Bennifer is officially back. As soon as J. Lo and Affleck rekindled their romance, it was a total game-changer for Lopez’s life. “When Ben and I got back together, it was just like, ‘I want to make music again, I want to get back in the studio,'” she told Entertainment Tonight. “I was very, very inspired.”
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Lopez and Affleck first got together in the early aughts after working together on the 2003 film Gigli. During the time of their initial romance, Lopez’s third studio album This Is Me…Then came out, featuring a few songs heavily inspired by Affleck. The album featured Lopez’s hit track “Jenny from the Block,” with an accompanying music video that also featured Affleck.
The couple got engaged in November 2002, but ultimately split in 2004. Years later, after their respective marriages, kids, and divorces, Affleck and Lopez found their way back to one another by the spring of 2021. Roughly a year later, the couple announced their engagement, exchanging their vows in an impromptu Vegas ceremony in July 2022. A celebration with family and friends followed in August of that year.
Lopez and Affleck have certainly come a long way. It’s no wonder why this incredibly significant relationship in Lopez’s life has inspired her so much. We’re anxious to find out what the singer and actress has in store with her next album and companion film.
Before you go, click here to see a complete timeline of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s relationship.
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