- This Is Me¿Now
- To Be Yours
- Mad in Love
- Can't Get Enough
- not.going.anywhere.
- Rebound
- Dear Ben, Pt. II
- Hummingbird
- Hearts and Flowers
- Broken Like Me
- This Time Around
- Midnight Trip to Vegas
- Greatest Love Story Never Told
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Davide Rossi Strings
Jeff Gitelman Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Bass,Piano,Keyboards
Ben Affleck Vocals (Background)
Trevor Muzzy Vocals (Background)
David Rossi Strings
Stevie Mackey Vocals (Background)
Sidnie Tipton Vocals (Background)
Kaydence Vocals (Background)
Dougie F Vocals (Background)
Jae Stephens Vocals (Background)
Jesse McGinty Horn
Jessica Agombar Vocals (Background)
Rayven Tyler Vocals (Background)
Bryan Page Strings
Ashley Woods Vocals (Background)
Dougie Vocals (Background)
Chaka Khan Vocals
RAYE Vocals (Background)
Ink Vocals (Background)
Faangs Vocals (Background)
Julian Vasquez Engineer
Bonnie Bramlett Composer
Lawrence Parker Composer
Fernando Arbex Composer
Alton Ellis Composer
David Styles Composer
Dennis Coffey Composer
Samuel Barnes Composer
Justin Timberlake Composer
Jennifer Lopez Composer,Producer
DJ Scott La Rock Composer
Yeti Beats Producer
Andrew Neely Composer
Jason Phillips Composer
Hit-Boy Producer
T-Minus Composer,Producer
Bernard Harvey Composer
Jason Desrouleaux Composer
Trevor Muzzy Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Jose Fernando Arbex Miro Composer
Carter Lang Composer,Producer
Melissa Storwick Composer
Roget Chahayed Composer,Producer
Scott Storch Composer
Christopher Dotson Composer
Uforo Ebong Composer
Madison Love Composer
Rachel Keen Composer
Atia Boggs Composer
Jae Stephens Composer
David Sprecher Composer
Tay Keith Composer,Producer
Ignacio Portales Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Sam Wish Producer
Douglas Ford Composer
James Lavigne Composer
G.Ry Producer
Dave Kutch Engineer,Mastering
Ryan Prieur Engineer,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Timothy Mosley Composer
Michael Pollack Composer
Angel Lopez Composer,Producer
Chris Isaak Composer
Chris Godbey Mixing
Jean-Claude Olivier Composer
Leon Russell Composer
Jeff Gitelman Composer,Producer
Andrew Wansel Composer
Federico Vindver Composer,Producer
Andre Deyo Composer
Ryan Martinez Composer
Chauncey Hollis Composer
Kurtis McKenzie Composer,Producer
Patrizio Pigliapoco Mixing
Pop Wansel Producer
Wesley Singerman Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Bongo By the Way Producer
Alexis Boyd Composer
Bongo ByTheWay Producer
Michael Oliviere Composer
Kim Krysiuk Composer
Brandon Riester Producer
Harv Producer
Jessica Agombar Composer
This is Me¿Now [Cloud Galaxy Vinyl] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]
by Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
This is Me¿Now [Cloud Galaxy Vinyl] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]
by Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
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Overview
A sequel two decades in the making, This Is Me¿Now finds Jennifer Lopez returning to the territory she first explored on This Is Me¿Then: namely, grappling with the strong emotions generated by her relationship with Ben Affleck. Lopez wrote and recorded This Is Me¿Then while in the throes of her romance with the actor, releasing the album in November 2002 at what turned out to be roughly the midpoint of their initial union. By early 2004, their engagement was severed. The next two decades were filled with high-profile love affairs by both parties -- they each started families with subsequent spouses -- but the pair reconnected in 2021, leading to marriage in July 2022. This Is Me¿Now chronicles this rekindling, and in no small way: the record is accompanied by a full-length film featuring a music video for each of the album's 13 songs, plus there's a documentary called "The Greatest Love Story Never Told," which borrows its name from a series of love letters written by Affleck to Lopez.
Separating the album This Is Me¿Now from its two interlocking films isn't quite as difficult as it seems. Where the visual components are rife with celebrity cameos -- Jane Fonda appears in both, while the film finds space for Post Malone, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Trevor Noah, and Sofia Vergara, among others -- the album is relatively streamlined and sleek, containing no guest appearances and showing no overt attempts at chasing trends. While she enlists collaborators with impressive contemporary credits -- Roget Chahayed executive-produced Jack Harlow's Come Home the Kids Miss You and produced Doja Cat's "Vegas" -- she's intent on having This Is Me¿Now be an answer record to This Is Me¿Then, so it's filled with callbacks to glitzy Y2K pop: "Hearts and Flowers" goes so far as to interpolate "Jenny from the Block," the signature hit from Then. Lopez may be looking back but she's not attempting to re-create the past so much as strengthen the bond between two periods of her life that clearly mirror each other; she underscores the connection by delivering "Dear Ben, Pt. 2," an explicit response to an album cut 20 years prior. Occasionally, Lopez lets herself show signs of vocal wear -- she lets her voice crack on the austere ballad "Broken Like Me" -- but her maturation is evident in how she keeps returning to self-help empowerment throughout the album. Almost all of these words are directed to herself and Affleck -- on "Hummingbird," she proclaims, "'Cause you help me be the best version of me/And all I wanna do is help you be the best version of you," while "This Time Around" declares "We're gonna put the house in both our names" -- with a frankness that's simultaneously admirable and slightly alienating. Lopez is so intent on preserving the moment that her love for Affleck reignited that she ended up finding no space for ambiguity or interpretation, a decision that can make This Is Me¿Now seem slightly cloistered. In its unapologetic candor, however, it stands as something of a definitive document of celebrity culture in the 21st century. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Product Details
Release Date: | 02/16/2024 |
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Label: | Bmg |
UPC: | 4050538948004 |
Rank: | 2862 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Jennifer Lopez Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)Davide Rossi Strings
Jeff Gitelman Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Bass,Piano,Keyboards
Ben Affleck Vocals (Background)
Trevor Muzzy Vocals (Background)
David Rossi Strings
Stevie Mackey Vocals (Background)
Sidnie Tipton Vocals (Background)
Kaydence Vocals (Background)
Dougie F Vocals (Background)
Jae Stephens Vocals (Background)
Jesse McGinty Horn
Jessica Agombar Vocals (Background)
Rayven Tyler Vocals (Background)
Bryan Page Strings
Ashley Woods Vocals (Background)
Dougie Vocals (Background)
Chaka Khan Vocals
RAYE Vocals (Background)
Ink Vocals (Background)
Faangs Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
Troy Oliver ComposerJulian Vasquez Engineer
Bonnie Bramlett Composer
Lawrence Parker Composer
Fernando Arbex Composer
Alton Ellis Composer
David Styles Composer
Dennis Coffey Composer
Samuel Barnes Composer
Justin Timberlake Composer
Jennifer Lopez Composer,Producer
DJ Scott La Rock Composer
Yeti Beats Producer
Andrew Neely Composer
Jason Phillips Composer
Hit-Boy Producer
T-Minus Composer,Producer
Bernard Harvey Composer
Jason Desrouleaux Composer
Trevor Muzzy Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Jose Fernando Arbex Miro Composer
Carter Lang Composer,Producer
Melissa Storwick Composer
Roget Chahayed Composer,Producer
Scott Storch Composer
Christopher Dotson Composer
Uforo Ebong Composer
Madison Love Composer
Rachel Keen Composer
Atia Boggs Composer
Jae Stephens Composer
David Sprecher Composer
Tay Keith Composer,Producer
Ignacio Portales Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Sam Wish Producer
Douglas Ford Composer
James Lavigne Composer
G.Ry Producer
Dave Kutch Engineer,Mastering
Ryan Prieur Engineer,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Timothy Mosley Composer
Michael Pollack Composer
Angel Lopez Composer,Producer
Chris Isaak Composer
Chris Godbey Mixing
Jean-Claude Olivier Composer
Leon Russell Composer
Jeff Gitelman Composer,Producer
Andrew Wansel Composer
Federico Vindver Composer,Producer
Andre Deyo Composer
Ryan Martinez Composer
Chauncey Hollis Composer
Kurtis McKenzie Composer,Producer
Patrizio Pigliapoco Mixing
Pop Wansel Producer
Wesley Singerman Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Bongo By the Way Producer
Alexis Boyd Composer
Bongo ByTheWay Producer
Michael Oliviere Composer
Kim Krysiuk Composer
Brandon Riester Producer
Harv Producer
Jessica Agombar Composer
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