Jennifer Lopez Announces New Album ‘This Is Me… Now’ on 20th Anniversary of ‘This Is Me… Then’

Jennifer Lopez is giving fans the ultimate gift this Black Friday, announcing that she’s releasing a new album. The announcement comes on the 20th anniversary of when she dropped 2002’s This Is Me… Then. Jenny from the Block’s new album, quite aptly, is dubbed This Is Me… Now.

The star, whose social media went dark in the days leading up to her big drop, shared the news herself early Friday morning.

In a short clip that showed Lopez recreating the cover of the 2002 album and then transforming into 2022 J.Lo, she wrote on Instagram, “This is me then, this is me now.”

In celebration, the actress and singer has recreated the original album cover for 2022.Her new album drops in 2023.

Earlier this year, Lopez opened up to Vogue about what fans can expect from her latest venture.

“This album is the most honest thing I have done, a culmination of who I am as a person and an artist,” she said. “People think they know things about what happened to me along the way — 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.”

The new album promises to chronicle “the emotional, spiritual and psychological journey that she has taken over the past two decades.” This Is Me… Now aims to be an “emotionally raw and honest project, unlike any she has produced before.” The tracks featured in the new album are inspired by life experiences she hopes will resonate with her global fanbase.

The new album — sprinkled with confessional songs, reflections on past trials and upbeat celebrations of love with her signature powerhouse vocals — will also lend to other “very personal projects” set to be revealed later this year. The autobiographical project will also shine “a spotlight on her tough childhood, unsuccessful relationships and the incredible emotional journey she has been on.”