Jennifer Lopez Talks This Is Me...Now, Touring, Ben Affleck and Her Amazon Original Film (Extended)

-Our first guest is one of the biggest musical icons in the world. His new album, "This Is Me... Now," is officially available now, and his Amazon

original

, "This Is Me... Now: A Love Story," is streaming on Prime Video. Let's welcome Jennifer Lopez. Come now. This is... ♪♪ This is a great day. -It's launch day. -This is a great launch day. Your album and your Amazon Original came out today. How do you feel? Are you exhausted? -I'm exhausted, but also very excited. I've been working on

this

for two years, so it's very important to me and the whole team.

So we're all over the moon. -I want to know how you got the Amazon thing, but first let's talk about the album. This is "This is me... now." You came out with "This Is Me...Then." Were you planning on having "This Is Me...Now"?, like when you released "This Is Me...Then"? -No. -You did not do it? Because it's perfect. -I know. And, you know, sometimes, you know, you have those moments in life where you feel, "Oh,

this

was meant to be somehow." And I didn't know that when it was happening at the time, when I decided to call it "This Is Me...

So" and capture something like that... And I didn't even realize I was capturing a moment in time. , you know, where I first fell in love like that and, like, I wrote this whole album, and it was kind of like that. And I was like, "Oh, I'll call it 'This is me...So.'" And then, you know, as fate would have it, you know, 20 years later, here we are, and I'. I like it... I felt inspired in the same way as when I made that first record. And I thought, "I'm going to do 'This Is Me...Now.'" And between.

I hadn't made an album like that in 10 years. This is my first album like this in 10 years. -You said that this... You think this is the best album you've ever made. -It's my most honest way, for sure, you know? And I think it's the best thing I've ever done, musically. -It's fantastic. -I love it. Thank you. Thank you. -It's fantastic. I love it. I also read somewhere that you said this might be the last album you would make. -You know, this project cost me a lot. -You say: "I don't know if I can do it again." -You're so obsessed with something and you can't stop and you're like... every detail and every thing.

And it became the Amazon Original musical that I did. And then it became this documentary. And it was all these things together. And every single lyric, you know, that I was a part of on this record and wrote, and it was just... it's just exhausting. And you think, "This is it. This is my last hurray." -No no no. -"I've finished." -You have been making music for 25 years. -I know. -You have paved the way for many. -Thank you. -Have you ever had time to reflect, while you were watching this, to even go back and say, "Look what I've accomplished.

Look what I've done. Look what I've accomplished." I've done and all the hits and, you know, movies and... " -You know, I don't think about that, but what I did when I was in the studio and I started making this record, yes Miro did the last 20 years and that journey that I had been on and more of my own kind of personal, private journey that no one really knew about, you know, which is my private life, and the growing up and the whole falling and rising up. And I think you guys witnessed that. and they were wondering and stuff like that and they were like, “What… is she doing right now?” And this was me coming to terms with all that and I realized that my music was always born from that personal side of me. , making movies and playing characters, but my music was always very, very personal.

And this is like... This is not an album like... It's like a 20-year journey. my whole musical career and where, how I got from then to now. -It's funny. But you just announced that the "This Is Me...Now" tour starts this summer. -Yes we did it. Yes. -This summer. -This summer. -You are going to enter again. -We will enter! My last hurray! -I mean, really... I mean, where... You don't even have free time. I mean, you'll get back in. I've seen you firsthand on tour. If you ever want to go see a show, nobody... nobody... You're dancing, singing, choreography, the surprises that...

You just say, "This is the most entertaining show I've ever seen in my life." life." I was exhausted. -That's my goal when people come to my show. It's like I always want people to leave and say, "That's the best show I've ever seen in my life." -Yes, always. -You know what I mean? That's what I want when... And this one is very... Of all the albums I've made, I feel like this one is really ready for the stage thanks to the Amazon Original that I made. with it. It's ready. All the choreography was ready to go. -Do you think about that when you play the album and you're mixing?

Are you like, "I can see myself on stage performing it" -Because I think I started out as a dancer, everything? What I do is about movement, you know? It's all about, "How am I going to do this?" And even while I'm creating music, I tell producers, "I have to be able to, you know, perform this on stage." . We have to take it back. Come on." know, and stuff like that. And even though I have a kind of R&B, mid-tempo feel to my music, in a way, I always try to incorporate that little bit of funk.

I always try to put a little bit of that stink in there, because I gotta be on stage and do my thing. -Tickets go on sale February 23rd for the “This Is Me…Now” tour Let’s talk about this Amazon

original

, “This Is Me…Now.” : A Love Story." How did you find the time to do all this? It's a... it's a masterpiece. You're doing everything. There's... I mean, I don't want to spoil it... but it's like... It's a story. It's music videos. It's crazy shots. -Yes, I did it... Dave Meyers directed it with me, and it really brought to life the vision that I had in a way that, you know, -He describes it as a musical experience. -It is a musical experience, because in reality it is about a hopeless romantic who... -Eh, does it sound like anyone else? -Yes. in his search for love.

And, you know, it's... That's how I would describe it. And then, you know, you follow this surreal, magical, very artistic and creative way of how I decided to tell that story. -With many great cameos, by the way. -Oh yeah. -Post Malone is in this a lot. -Yeah. -Jane Fonda. -Yeah. -Keke Palmer. -Yeah. Neil de Grasse. -Neil deGrasse Tyson. Neil deGrasse Tyson is funny. Kim Petras. -It's just... When you see it... -Jay Shetty, Trevor Noah. -Trevor Noah is great. -Yeah. Yes. -And then, also, there is this guy who also makes a cameo. I don't remember his name, but he...

You have Ben Affleck there. Did Ben like playing this character? -He loved playing that character. -He is funny. -He is very funny. -By the way, the Dunkin' commercial. Can we talk for just two seconds? It was incredible! It was so cool! He was the best. I mean, it was a lot of fun. You were phenomenal. -Thank you. No, I didn't do anything. It was all him. -No no. He was funny. -Yeah. -But you reacted like: "Honey, please stop doing this." He is so good. Everyone loved it. All related. -He is very funny. -But this is... I want to show everyone a clip.

Here is Jennifer Lopez in "This Is Me...Now: A Love Story", check it out. -I know what they say about me, about hopeless romantics, that we are weak. But I'm not weak. It takes strength to keep believing in something after you keep falling flat on your face. And I do. Yes, Joe. I believe in magic. I believe good things happen if you are a good person. I believe in soulmates, signs and hummingbirds. I believe that love never dies and that it is always real and that is as long as I keep it. -Time is over. We'll pick this up next week. -Well then.

Who else? Who else can do what you do? Nobody. You brought us a bottle of Delola, you... -This is launch day. -I mean, it's launch day. We have to celebrate, okay? On the album, on Amazon Original. Let's make a little toast to "This Is Me...Now." -This is us now, darling. -This is us now. ♪♪ Wow! It is perfect. -Is very good. -It's very refreshing. -Is very good. -I love this. But wait. This isn't the only thing you brought. I just realized this here. This is... Your album has six different covers. -Yeah. -Watch this. This is... Only you can do this.

How do you achieve all this? -No, I'm not the only one. -No you are. Watch this. There's a gorge right there. -What I did was, I did... -There is this. -You know that what happens nowadays is that everyone... -No, everyone is affectionate... Come on. I can not get enough. We can't get enough. We love all of these. -So, the thing is that everyone wants exclusives nowadays. They say, "The Amazon exclusive, the Spotify exclusive, this exclusive." Then you end up doing something like... You do this... Something special. -Yeah. You do special things for everyone. But I was really happy.

I loved doing this. I took this photo with Norman Jean Roy, a legendary photographer who I love. -I noticed that you also autographed them. -I did. -I think it would be fun if we could give it to some audience members. -Want? ♪♪ -Who wants one? Does anyone want to... -My God! I don't know! I can't... I don't know! -Who else? -Jennifer López, everyone. Her album, "This Is Me... Now" and her Amazon original, "This Is Me... Now: A Love Story," are available now. Tonight. Great day. We'll be right back with more "Tonight Show." How fun was that?