Jennifer Lopez, a celebrated multi-talented performer, has achieved remarkable success in her career and continues to impress fans with her youthful skin and well-toned physique at the age of 54.
In a recent interview with The Daily Mail, Kim Burse, a music director who has collaborated with Lopez behind-the-scenes for 13 years, shared her insights on what contributes to Lopez’s ageless beauty, sculpted figure and overall stunning appearance in her mid-50s.
Inside J.LO's Ageless Beauty & Workout Routines, According To Her Music Director
When chatting with the outlet, Burse (who worked with Lopez on her tours and iconic 2020 Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show performance) commended the "On The Floor" hitmaker for always working "really, really hard." The director also said that she doesn't think the Shotgun Wedding actress will retire in the near future.
Regarding Lopez's timeless beauty, impressive physique and self-care routines, Burse said: "It's the whole spectrum. It's personal wellness, physical, like she takes care of it all. She makes sure that she covers everything and she works hard, she really, really does."
When questioned about the possibility of the "If You Had My Love" singer retiring, Burse was hesitant to definitively declare anything and "put a stamp on it," but expressed her doubt that it would occur anytime soon. "Absolutely not. She's not [retiring]," Burse said.
Fans who watched Lopez's Netflix documentary, Halftime, witnessed the intense dedication that she poured into perfecting her performance for the Super Bowl in February 2020.
Burse disclosed to the publication that J.Lo's rigorous rehearsal routine included squeezing in meetings during the early hours to accommodate her demanding schedule.
"With the Super Bowl, I look back on that time and we worked so hard for something that was about, at the most, maybe six minutes," Burse said, adding: "And we worked so, so hard from the A to the Z, we made sure that we got everything together and she was with us every day in the rehearsals."
Burse went on: "And in her Netflix documentary, the time that I'm in the movie with her at her table and we're trying to go over the songs and timings, that was actually around 1:30 in the morning because she was shooting a movie and so I had to meet her and we were talking about the music after she finished filming." Burse continued: "She was still going, you know, she didn't stop."
The annual Super Bowl Halftime show is typically a brief 12-14 minutes in length. However, as Lopez was co-headlining the show with fellow esteemed vocalist Shakira, her allotted time to perform her most notable tracks was even more constrained, Burse said.
As for how Lopez and Burse were able to squeeze so much into a short time period, Burse explained: "I was just trying to put the best moments in the few minutes that we had, and I felt like we got it down, she did a great job. It just did enough of every song and it kind of is almost like what we deal with TikTok today, it's just these little shorts."
The director continued: "It's like before the pandemic or anything, since we were right before the pandemic happened, it's like we were already in route to making each a song like a short that would be great on social media."
Burse (who has also worked with Beyonce, Queen Latifah, Ciara and more) also shared her experience of encountering famous personalities like Lopez in a state of "vulnerability" and witnessing their incredible "transformation" before they hit the stage.
"When it's time for the show, and the outfit gets put on, the shoes get put on, the makeup is put on and the hair gets done, you see the total transformation," she said. "For me, that's where I am able to look and say, 'this is a star,' because that transformation... you totally start to understand this is why this person is doing this, this is why this person has this job."
Regarding the word "diva" (which many fans and critics alike have used to describe Lopez), Burse went on: "This absolutely brings them the respect of a diva. And with the term diva, I like it as a positive reinforcement. It's demanding respect for you, it's not anything against you."
"It garners the fact that you absolutely need to be respected, your opinion needs to be valued, and your work needs to be understood."
Burse continued: "And I think that's a great title because for women they always have to - I feel - work a little bit harder and push a little bit stronger and thrive even that much more, and so they have absolutely earned the right, those that have that title. I look at it as a positive title."
