"They take up such a big part of your brain for so long, and when they're gone, which is devastating and sad and scary, you're facing a life that's totally different now, and you're like, 'What am I going to do with this space and this time?' For me, I just went back in the studio. I've written some of the best songs that I've ever written, and I'm really excited," Lopez tells me. "It's a very happy era album. It's some of the most joyous, beautiful songs that have just a tad of a tear in them." The first new song, "Proof of Love," will be included as a bonus track on the first-ever vinyl release of her 2011 album "Love?" "It's really a beautiful song about this kind of duality," Lopez says. "It's this happy dance song, and these are the things that are the proof of love. One of them is pain and grief when someone's gone. You feel pain and grief. That's really proof of love." She continues, "I wanted to make that a happy thing. I wanted to make that a marker instead of this devastating thing." "Proof of Love" will be followed by "a couple of others that are super fun and cunty for my gays," Lopez says." https://variety.com/2026/music/columns/jennifer-lopez-new-single-proof-of-love-song-1236932416/