Jennifer Lopez debuts new look after unleashing Ben Affleck-inspired heartbreak song
The Jenny from the Block singer, 55, completed her new look with a pale sliver dress that exposed one of JLo's tanned shoulders while the other arm was covered by the long sleeve.
The dress was gathered over the Marry Me star's left hip and she wore her hair stick straight with half cascading down her torso and the other half down her back.
A grey fedora with an off white band, clear high heels, and a brown and white handbag completed the Selena star's chic look.
Her makeup was on the heavier side with emphasis on her rosy cheeks and darkly lined eyes.
She stood at the valet stand with a very handsome mystery man who wore bedazzled black pants a puffy white shirt.
The sighting comes after Jen took a swipe at her ex-husband Ben Affleck, 52, in a new song.
The Let's Get Loud singer debuted six new songs at an exclusive listening party for 30 lucky fans in Los Angeles this week - and dropped a hint about her recent personal turmoil.
She filed for divorce from her fourth husband Affleck last August on what would have been their second wedding anniversary.
The collapse of their marriage was the culmination of months of rumors that the couple's relationship was skidding towards implosion.
Lopez appears to have taken a swipe at Ben in her music, in the lyrics to a song called Wreckage of You that she played at the listening party.
One of the guests, Edgardo Luis Rivera, shared that JLo 'kept thinking of the word "wreck" because it means destruction, but she wasn't destroyed.
'In fact, the lyrics of the song are: "I'm stronger after the wreckage of you,"' via Us Weekly.
'She mentioned how last year was a very difficult time for her both personally and professionally. She had to cancel her tour and really focus on herself,' he noted.
The Let's Get Loud singer debuted six new songs at an exclusive listening party for 30 lucky fans in Los Angeles this week - and dropped a hint about her recent personal turmoil. Seen here January 11, 2009
JLo scrapped her This Is Me... Live tour last summer, saying she 'needed to be with my kids and myself and really dig down deep into things that were happening in my life' - amid the rumors her marriage to Ben was on the rocks.
'Fast-forward to one year later,' said Edgardo, talking about the listening party: 'and she feels better and stronger than ever, so she wanted to write a song about coming out of a bad situation much stronger.'
Another attendee described the musical number as a 'very emotional, empowering song about walking away from a relationship and coming out a stronger person.'
The other five songs she played at the party were all reportedly more peppy, and were called Birthday, Free, Up All Night, Save Me Tonight and Regular.
Edgardo explained that those songs were 'fun, more Jennifer of old in terms of music style,' calling them 'really good songs' with a 'real vibe to them' and dishing that the assembled fans went 'nuts' while listening to Birthday.
While Jennifer was promoting This Is Me... Now, she intimated that the album about Ben might be the final one she ever released.
However last October, after she filed for divorce, an insider revealed JLo hoped to put together a new album with a successful dance single.
'She has had an enormous amount of hits and can't accept the last album is the end of her music career. She wants to wash away the stink of This is Me Now,' the source explained to Page Six, months after This Is Me... Now had turned out to be a flop.
Another one of JLo's exes was in the spotlight this week, as a verdict was finally reached in the case of her former boyfriend Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
A New York jury reached a split verdict Wednesday in which Diddy — who has proclaimed his innocence — was acquitted of the most serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking
However, the jury found him guilty on the less-serious charges, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and the judge overseeing the case has ordered that he be kept behind bars until his sentencing hearing in October.
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