<p id=”par-1_36″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/jennifer-lopez/”>Jennifer Lopez</a> was thought to have rubbed Christina Milian the wrong way when she allegedly ripped off <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/christina-milian-sang-wrote-1-jennifer-lopez-song.html/”>Milian’s record “Play.”</a> Not too long ago, however, Milian would finally set the record straight on their reported rivalry.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-christina-milian-explained-how-jennifer-lopez-ended-up-with-play”>Christina Milian explained how Jennifer Lopez ended up with ‘Play’</h2>
<p id=”par-2_47″>2001’s “Play” was Lopez’s hit record that featured on the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-needed-constant-reassurance-recording-1-albums.html/”>singer’s second studio album</a> <em>J.Lo</em>. The song enjoyed a few successes, eventually ending up on the 18<sup>th</sup> spot on Billboard’s Hot 100. It also won a Teen Choice Award. But originally, the song was Milian’s to sing.</p>
<p id=”par-3_41″>Milian would also make her official debut in 2001 with the album <em>Christina Milian</em>, generating a buzz with the album’s single “AM to PM.” In an interview with <a href=”https://pagesix.com/2023/09/18/christina-milian-shuts-down-jennifer-lopez-beef-speculation-over-play/”>Page Six</a>, Milian described her process for writing “Play” all those years ago.</p>
<p id=”par-4_113″>“I went to bed late that night, woke up the next morning and had to go to the studio. I had the track and I didn’t write anything [to it]. So I sat down in the bed, I had this track, I was really tired and I played the track and I was like —” she says, cutting herself short to hum the melody of the first verse,” she said. “And I was like, ‘This just sounds too easy.’ It was just too easy to write at that moment. I wrote the song in, like, 15 minutes and it was a joke to me because I had just started to become a writer.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_55″>According to Milian, she made the decision to leave “Play” off of her debut album. She already had a party anthem with “AM to PM,” so she wasn’t sure she needed another one. Also, Lopez’s manager at the time Tommy Mottola, simply thought Lopez would be a good fit for “Play” when he heard it.</p>
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<p id=”par-6_46″>“The guy comes in and he hears ‘Play,’ loves it and is like, ‘I want this as her single,’” Milian recalled. “And the next thing I know, she’s in New York, she’s recording the song and I came in to help rewrite some of the stuff.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_12″>In the end, however, Milian didn’t mind Lopez making “Play” her own.</p>
<p id=”par-8_28″>“Hands down, she killed it. She’s so good. I love that song,” she said. “And I couldn’t believe at 19 years old I wrote a song for J.Lo.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_24″>A few fans also took issue with Milian not being credited at all for “Play.” But Milian reassured this wasn’t something that concerned her.</p>
<p id=”par-10_42″>“I don’t need a feature credit,” she said. “I’m on the credits for whatever nature, as a writer and for singing backgrounds. There is credit for that. I’m also just so happy that she did it because she’s an icon, she’s amazing.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-christina-milian-on-meeting-jennifer-lopez”>Christina Milian on meeting Jennifer Lopez</h2>
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<p id=”par-11_33″>Milian noted that Lopez took a few creative liberties with the song. In an interview with <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8yiR_NAkbk&ab_channel=TalkStoopwithNessa”>Talk Stoop with Nessa</a></em>, Milian noted that Lopez gave an edge to the song, which Milian appreciated.</p>
<p id=”par-12_13″>“I like the fact that she added some spice to it,” Millian said.</p>
<p id=”par-13_21″>While Lopez recorded the song, Milian would get the chance to meet Lopez in person, which was an experience in itself.</p>
<p id=”par-14_28″>“We met when she went to record the records. I flew to New York, it was pretty cool. 19, being like, Meeting J.Lo? That’s pretty cool,” Milian remembered.</p>
<p id=”par-15_18″>Lopez and Milian also shared that their meeting with each other was very casual considering they were celebrities.</p>
<p id=”par-16_37″>“She was like, flawless. She came in, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-reveals-real-secret-flawless-skin.html/”>no makeup</a>. Both of us were kind of like on some chill stuff. This is the days before the beauty con,” Milian said. “But she doesn’t need makeup, she’s fine.”</p>