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Jennifer Lopez claims her divorce inspired her new album.
The 44-year-old star has revealed her split from ex-husband Marc Anthony in 2011, after eight years of marriage, was a "turning point" in her life and gave her a different perspective on love, which she has written about for her tenth record.
Jennifer - who has six-year-old twins Max and Emme with the Latin singer - told Popcrush.com: "What I thought about love for my first nine albums is very different from what I think about it now after everything I've been through.
"My goal was to just be as honest as I could. You know, I'd gone through a lot in my life right at that point when I went on tour. I'd been through a divorce. A lot of things had happened. I really felt like it was a turning point in my life."
The 'One The Floor' hitmaker - who started dating her 26-year-old former back-up dancer, Casper Smart, just months after splitting from Marc - also spoke about the video for new single, 'I Luh Ya Papi', and admits she enjoyed working with topless male models for the promo.
She said: "It was a lot of fun. Let me tell you something, guys have been doing these videos for years because it's fun to do.
"When I was doing the song, I felt like it was very tongue-in-cheek ... the video, we decided to do the same thing.
"The director came up with the concept to kind of flip the rap video, to make me the rapper and, you know, just turn the tables in that way, instead of having girls in bathing suits, have guys in bathing suits."
She added: "Instead of having me be the soft girl in the video, be the rapper who's in the mansion and the yacht. It was all meant to be in good fun, but you know, I knew people would get the joke."
Jennifer's as-yet-untitled album will be released in June.

Liam Gallagher is "very nervous" about former lover Lisa Moorish's autobiography.
The former Oasis singer had a fling with the singer, with who he has 15-year-old daughter Molly, just months after he married his first wife Patsy Kensit in 1997, and is reportedly worried about what will be revealed in the book.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Liam is understood to be very nervous about what will come out."
Lisa will write about the experiences of being a groupie in the 1990s, when Liam's old band Oasis were one the most talked about acts during the Britpop era.
The singer-songwriter also has an 11-year-old son, Astile, with Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty.
Liam, 41, also has a 14-year-old son, Lennon, with Patsy, who he was married to from 1997 until 2000, and he split from his second wife Nicole Appleton after it emerged he had fathered a secret child with New York journalist Liza Ghorbani.
The pair had been married for five years when they split in 2013 and have an 12-year-old son together, Gene.
Liam is now dating his former personal assistant, Debbie Gwyther, and the pair spent the New Year together on a romantic holiday in Thailand.
Meanwhile, New York writer Liza has reportedly filed a £2million lawsuit against Liam, who is yet to have a DNA test, for child support.

Jay Z has hit out at Drake in a new track.
The Roc Nation boss addressed the 'Hypher' hitmaker during his verse on Jay Electronica's new song, 'We Made It', after the rapper called him "corny" for using art references in his music.
Jay Z raps: "Sorry Mrs. Drizzy for so much art talk/ Silly me, rappin' 'bout s**t that I really bought/ While these rappers rap about guns that they ain't shot/ And a bunch of other silly s**t that they ain't got."
The reference comes after Drake's controversial interview with Rolling Stone magazine in February, during which he criticised Jay Z and slated Kanye West's "questionable" rap lyrics on his 'Yeezus' album.
He said: "It's like Hov can't drop bars these days without at least four art references. I would love to collect [art] at some point, but I think the whole Rap/art world thing is getting kind of corny."
Speaking about 'Yeezus', Drake added: "There were some real questionable bars on there."
Itr isn't the first time Drake has criticised the two rappers, as he admitted he wasn't on good terms with the stars when he slated Jay Z and Kanye West's collaborative album 'Watch The Throne' on his 2011 track 'I'm One One'.
He admitted: "It was a lack of communication paired with natural competitiveness. But those two are Gods to me."

McBusted are to support One Direction on their upcoming stadium tour.
The super-group - comprised of McFly's Harry Judd, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter, as well as Busted's Matt Willis and James Bourne - will join the 'Midnight Memories' hitmakers this summer for their 'Where We Are' world tour in Paris, France.
McBusted wrote on Twitter: "AWESOME NEWS! We're @onedirection's special guest 21 Jun Paris Stade De France. Merci beaucoup (sic)
New dad Tom also wrote: "YES we're @onedirection's special guests on 21 June Paris Stade De France. Gonna be très awesome! (sic)"
Niall Horan is close friends with the members of McFly and has recently been writing new music with the band.
Last year, the stars worked together on several tracks for One Direction's third studio album 'Midnight Memories', with one of the songs - 'Don't Forget Where You Belong' - featuring on the record.
McBusted aren't the only acts set to join One Direction - consisting of Niall, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson - on tour as they will also be supported by Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer.
The 'Where We Are' stadium tour begins in Bogota, Colombia, on April 25 and ends in Miami, Florida, in October.

Pharrell Williams says the secret to making great music is ditching your ego.
The 'Happy' hitmaker insists a big ego can often make people delusional, helping them to believe they did an excellent job when they haven't, and thinks the best tunes are a result of musicians tapping into their "feelings".
He told Red Bulletin magazine: "Is the music legible to people's interpretation?
"It might not be because your ego told you that you killed it. But if you could remove your ego and only use your feeling, that is when the best stuff comes out."
The 40-year-old singer also believes the music industry works "off emotion" but insists success isn't his "doing" since he can't control the records people buy.
He said: "Our business works off emotion, and it is not really easy to quantify it outside of what it is. It is like saying 'Well, are you afraid of how the ball is going to react to the ice hokey rink?'
"No, because that is not what it is meant for. The puck is for that world and the ball is for another world. Emotions are just emotions. So when a song works, you should just be thankful, because that is not why you do it.
"So any kind of success that I have ever had on a song is not my doing. So you don't do it for that, because I can't control that. I do it because I feel like it feels good and it may resonate with other people. So it is not really good to mix the idea of what success is and the purity of why you do something."

Pharrell Williams can't control his own success.
The 'Happy' hitmaker - whose single was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards this year - insists he cannot control how well a track does since it's down to fans, and whether or not they purchase and share the tune.
Pharrell said: "Success means the people voted, they requested, they shared it with a friend, they purchased it, they downloaded it. And they did it in large numbers. That is what success means. I have nothing to do with that. I can only control what I do."
The 40-year-old musician admits he used to think differently and measure happiness against success but understands it can be detrimental to focus on success, and get "hooked".
Pharrell added to Red Bulletin magazine: "When I was young, yeah, I looked at it differently, because I looked at a lot of people who quantified their happiness by how successful they were. And, nobody wants to work really hard and not get recognised for it.
"You want to be appreciate for your work. But there is a fine line between appreciating your work and doing super well and you getting hooked on that. If you get hooked on success you're screwed."

Sarah Harding has wanted to launch a solo career for a "long time".
The 32-year-old star was catapulted to the spotlight alongside Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh in Girls Aloud and since the band split last year the blonde beauty thinks it's the "right time" for her forge her own legacy in the music industry.
Quizzed on whether it's daunting going solo, she said: "Yeah of course! But it something that I have wanted to do for a long time and I think now is the right time (hopefully!). "
Sarah - who is performing a showcase gig at the O2 Academy Islington, north London on March 26 - will miss the "banter" she shared with her former bandmates and the support they gave each other during performances.
She added in an interview with BANG Showbiz: "[I will miss] being part of a team and having them there to back you up on stage and the banter! "
The star is working on penning tracks and is excited about getting her teeth into aspects of the music industry which she wasn't able to explore during her time in the band.
Sarah added: "I think so! I'm doing a lot more writing now. Whilst in the group I didn't get much chance."

Example is in talks to work with Olly Murs and One Direction.
The singer-and-rapper has exchanged conversations with both Olly and 'Little Things' hitmakers Harry Styles and Liam Payne about working on new music together.
He said: "I'm up for working with Olly Murs. I've spoken to him about writing for him.
"One Direction, I had a good chat with Liam and Harry at the BRITs. I'd love to do something with them."
As well as working with pop stars, Example, 31, is eager to try his hand at collaborating with dance acts such as BRIT Award winners Rudimental.
He added: "On the flip side, I love underground dance acts Disclosure, Rudimental, Klaxons..."
The 'Kids Again' star also feels he has grown up since tying the knot with Australian model-and-actress Erin McNaught in May 2013.
He explained to Britain's Star magazine: "I'm not too bothered trying to be cool any more.
"Rock bands, when they're younger, are like, 'F**k him, f**k them, they're not cool, they're too mainstream.' Then, as you get older, they lighten up, they get married, and have kids, and they're just hugging and smiling at everyone. I think I'm doing the same."

Taylor Momsen wants to write a song with Noel Gallagher.
The Pretty Reckless singer is a self-confessed Oasis fan and previously met Noel's brother and former bandmate Liam but claims she is dying to collaborate with the 'AKA... What a Life!' singer after covering his old band's hit 'Supersonic' on tour.
She said: "I'd love to write a song with Noel Gallagher, I'm a massive Oasis fan. It would be awesome, Noel is an amazing songwriter. I've met Liam a couple times, he's super cool, he's totally the real deal, exactly how you'd want him to be, but I've not met Noel yet."
Taylor also hopes Oasis, who split in 2009 after Noel and Liam had a huge backstage argument, will one day reform and the 20-year-old star admits her band's cover of the their song wasn't always well-received by fans at their live shows.
She continued: "We used to cover 'Supersonic' [in our set] and thought everyone would flip out over it. We mixed it with 'Time Is Running Out' [by Muse] and put it together. We thought everyone would go nuts, but it was kind of 50/50 when we hit the UK, whether they loved it or hated it."
The singer, whose band have just released their second album 'Going To Hell', would also like to play with American rock band Soundgarden.
She added: "I'm dying to play with Soundgarden, or play at a festival with them, which I think we are doing."