First she was Jenny from the Block, then she was “Lola,” but now Jennifer Lopez is ready to show you a darker side with her newest performance.
On Friday (Sept. 5), Lopez released her rendition of the titular track from her forthcoming movie musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman. Over a waltzing melody, Lopez goes full Broadway, as she belts her way through the John Kander and Frank Ebb-penned classic about love, seduction and death.
“Sooner or later, in sunlight or bloom/ When the red candles flicker, she’ll walk in the room,” she sings on the track. “And the curtain will shake and the fires will hiss/ Here comes her kiss.”
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Alongside the new single, JLo also shared a set of new photos from the film, depicting her character dressed in a shimmering green gown and spiky black bangs, posed in a prison cell and against a massive web. The singer shared another section of the song’s lyrics alongside the photos: “There’s only one pin that can puncture such bliss… Her kiss.”
The film — set for release in theaters on Oct. 10 — adapts the Tony Award-winning 1992 Broadway musical, which originally starred Chita Rivera. The film will follow the story of Valentín (Diego Luna) and Molina (Tonatiuh Elizarraraz), two inmates in an Argentinian prison who form a bond as Molina relays the plot of a glamorous Hollywood movie starring his favorite vampy diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
While the film has yet to be released publicly, early screenings at the Sundance Film Festival and Locarno Film Festival drew positive reviews from critics, with review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes giving the film a score of 83%. “Weaving a visually sumptuous web of musical intrigue, Kiss of the Spider Woman showcases beauty in tragedy through wondrous performances by Jennifer Lopez, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz and Diego Luna,” the site’s critical consensus reads.
Listen to Lopez’s rendition of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” below.
