"Pa' Ti" and "Lonely" (collectively referred to as "Pa' Ti + Lonely") are two songs recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez and Colombian singer Maluma. The songs were released on September 24, 2020, by Sony Music Latin.
Background
While promoting her single "Medicine" in April 2019, Lopez told Ebro Darden of Beats 1 radio that the next album she releases will "probably be with a new movie".[1] Later that same month, it was announced that she would be starring alongside Owen Wilson in the romantic comedy, Marry Me (2021).[2] In July 2019, Colombian singer Maluma was cast to play Lopez's fiance in the film.[3] During their first week of shooting, on October 5, 2019, Lopez and Maluma performed her song "No Me Ames" during his show at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[4] In February 2020, Lopez confirmed that she would be releasing a new album alongside Marry Me that would also serve as the film's soundtrack.[5] It is set to feature "six or eight" songs performed by Lopez and "two or three" songs performed by Maluma, as well as a duet between the two that is performed as both an uptempo and a ballad.[6]
On June 18, 2020, Lopez revealed again that she was working on new music, teasing: "I cannot wait for you to hear what we've been working on pa' ti".[7] A month later, she posted a photo of herself in the recording studio with Maluma, with the caption: "Pase lo que pase 'toy pa' ti".[8] She later revealed in an interview with Variety that she recorded two new songs with Maluma that would be released "in the near future". According to Lopez, they "had such a fun and natural chemistry" while working on Marry Me, which led them to wanting to record additional music unrelated to the film.[9] On September 21, 2020, Lopez and Maluma posted a 15-second teaser on both of their respective social media accounts to announce that they would be releasing a "two-song" collaboration called "Pa' Ti + Lonely" on September 24, 2020.[10] It was later announced that the two songs would be featured on the Marry Me soundtrack.[11]
Music video
A two-part music video for "Pa' Ti" and "Lonely" directed by Jessy Terrero, as well as a behind-the-scenes video premiered on September 24, 2020, on TikTok Live.[10]
