Love is food for music

My latest album is inspired by my babies, says Jennifer Lopez in a chat with Ruchika Kher

Multi-faceted Jennifer Lopez is back on the music platform with Love? — her first album in four years. Dwelling on, you guessed it, Love?, the American actress-singer says, is inspired by her twins Emme and Max.

"I think having the babies has inspired the lyrics and the music of my new album," claims Jennifer, popularly known as J Lo.

"My album Love? is about the various aspects of love. The overall sound is the combination of different influences. The sound of the album is very much my sound, but with the ‘today’s’ feel. There are a few guest artistes as well on the album," says the singer, who released it after her last album Brave, which had hit the shelves in 2007. It took the Latin singer two-and-a-half-years to put it together. Love? was released last month.

"I have attempted to explore different questions I have about love. With this album, I wish to say the truth as to who I am as a recording artiste, with my dancing, my attitude and everything that I have brought about on the table," says the 41-year-old, who is married to American musician Marc Anthony.

"The prime USP of this album is that I have used a combination of different influences which are pop, dance, Latin and urban, all mixed into one bag," Jennifer adds.

"Love?" is J Lo’s seventh album. In her more than a decade-long career in the music world, she is known for delivering hits like "On the 6", "J. Lo" and "This Is Me... Then".

So what took her so long?

"Sometimes, it just takes that much time to realise what you want to say and how you want to say; what you are thinking and want to write about. It was not until six months after I started recording again that I knew what type of songs I wanted to do and that’s when the album really started pulling together," says the crooner.

Finally, from her first album to this one, what has she learnt in all these years?

"Each time I learn and there will be no time when I will be self-satiated. For me, it is important to keep up to the music of today but it has to be me," adds Jennifer. — IANS

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