Jennifer Lopez launched a brand new version of her OnTheJLo publication on July 17 in honor of the one yr anniversary of her Las Vegas marriage ceremony to Ben Affleck. The 2 eloped in July 2022 with simply their kids in attendance, and Jen will probably be singing all about it on the music “Midnight Journey To Vegas” from her upcoming album This Is Me…Now. Within the new publication, she revealed the entire lyrics to the observe, and even shared a brief clip of her singing alongside to it.
“I at all times dreamed I’d discover anyone such as you,” the music begins, earlier than coming into the primary verse, which reveals how the couple got here to the choice to hit Vegas whereas planning their lavish marriage ceremony. “We’re drowning in orchid preparations, attire and pastries, what if it’s raining, yeah?” Jennifer sings. “Is that this what we’ve been dreaming of? It’s crowded with households and brokers, room reservations, which vacation spot? Paps, helicopters, occasion of the ages, caught within the matrix. Then you definately whispered in my ear. Mentioned, ‘Let’s get out of right here. We are able to disappear tonight.’”
The refrain options the imaginative and prescient that Ben delivered to his bride as they turned stressed amidst marriage ceremony planning. “What a few midnight journey to Vegas? Simply me and also you child,” Jen recollects. “Throw the children within the again, of the pink Cadillac, and us within the toilet altering. Midnight journey to Vegas, each our hearts are racing, I’ll choose you up late, we don’t have to attend, yeah, let’s do one thing loopy.”
The second verse continues the story of how they bought from California to Vegas and wound up strolling down the aisle. “We might be driving proper now, 20 miles into the desert by now, your hand on my thigh, laughin’ til we cry,” Jen continues. “Didn’t inform a soul about the way it’s taking place tonight. High down, singing Freddie Mercury, ready in line on the DMV. ‘Simply Married’ on the window. So glad that we might hold it easy. Then I whispered in your ear, ‘I’m so glad we’re right here. Dancing with our fears tonight.’”
Jen and Ben bought engaged in March 2022, almost a yr after they reconciled their relationship. The 2 had been initially engaged within the early 2000s, however known as off the marriage simply days forward of their Sept. 2003 date. They wound up splitting months later and beginning households with different folks (Ben shares three children with Jennifer Garner and Jen has two with Marc Anthony). Now, they’ve blended their households and are blissfully in love! Jennifer nonetheless has not shared the discharge date for This Is Me…Now, which was closely impressed by the pair’s relationship.
