Appearing together on The Tonight Show last night (2.04,) Jennifer Lopez and Maluma performed a ballad version of the title track from their new movie, Marry Me.
In the forthcoming film due out February 11, J-Lo plays superstar singer Kat Valdez who discovers her fiancé, fellow pop star Bastian (portrayed by Maluma) is cheating on her just before their planned public wedding.
Like movie’s musical theme, Lopez and Maluma recorded a soundtrack of original songs to accompany their performances and about the soundtrack, Lopez stated “It’s not like a Jennifer Lopez, J. Lo album, or even a Maluma album, it’s a Kat and Bastian album. These are songs that I really picked for the characters and that really kind of, like, further along the story — just like any good musical. It really tells the love story.”
Jennifer went on to say that despite her many years in the music business, recording original music for a major motion picture was a first for her career. And referring to the hit 1997 film that made her a household name, Jenny From the Block said “I didn’t sing in Selena, that was Selena’s voice So, this is the first time I got to like, sing, make an album for a film. It was like, joining my two worlds together.”
Discussing his involvement in the film, Maluma sat down with host Jimmy Fallon earlier in the week admitting that he once forgot the lyrics to a song while performing with his co-star during a scene:
“I was performing with Jennifer.” “She came like a queen and I just wanted to hug her. But, we had a teleprompter because I didn’t know the lyrics to the song. And then I started singing and I forgot the lyrics. And I saw the teleprompter and the teleprompter went off. So it was here at the Madison Square Garden, one of the most important concerts of my career. But Jennifer, she held me, man. She got my back.”
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Author: Saul Goode
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