Dinero (Jennifer Lopez song)

"Dinero" is Lopez's first English single since "Us". Lopez first heard "Dinero" in early 2017 when it was sent to her by Cory Rooney, a record producer with whom she had worked frequently in her early career, who felt that it would be good for her. She was receptive of the track, and in the months that followed suggested to her manager Benny Medina that rapper Cardi B be featured on the record.{{cite podcast |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.d5d041a0-4d5e-11e8-9e3b-500d5813c131?app=music&ign-itsct=be1_con_ebr&ign-itscg=30302 |title=Ebro Darden and Jennifer Lopez |website=Apple Music |publisher=Apple, Inc. |host=Ebro Darden |date=May 1, 2018 |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518201354/https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.d5d041a0-4d5e-11e8-9e3b-500d5813c131?app=music&ign-itsct=be1_con_ebr&ign-itscg=30302 |url-status=dead }} Lopez, who had followed Cardi B prior to her breakthrough with "Bodak Yellow", said: "I just thought she had a street intelligence that I liked, and she had a logic that just made me laugh and reminded me of girls from the Bronx."{{cite web|last=Heller|first=Corinne|title=Jennifer Lopez Talks Alex Rodriguez Engagement Rumors After "El Anillo" Stirs Speculation|url=https://www.eonline.com/au/news/930495/jennifer-lopez-talks-alex-rodriguez-engagement-rumors-after-el-anillo-stirs-speculation|website=Entertainment Tonight|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=April 27, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518112311/https://www.eonline.com/au/news/930495/jennifer-lopez-talks-alex-rodriguez-engagement-rumors-after-el-anillo-stirs-speculation|url-status=live}} Later, record producer DJ Khaled offered to provide further production for "Dinero", and the song was finished by December 2017. That month, a video of Lopez and Khaled working together in the studio was posted to Instagram, which hinted that the singer had collaborated with Cardi B.{{cite web|last=Diaz|first=Thatiana|title=Jennifer Lopez Confirms Collaboration with Cardi B on Forthcoming Spanglish Single 'Dinero'|url=http://people.com/chica/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-collaborate-on-new-song-dinero/|website=People|access-date=February 6, 2018|date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206180237/http://people.com/chica/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-collaborate-on-new-song-dinero/|url-status=live}} A short snippet of the song surfaced online in January 2018, and Lopez subsequently confirmed that it was titled "Dinero" the following month.{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B and DJ Khaled Team Up For 'Quiero Dinero'|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/hkloiu/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-and-dj-khaled-team-up-for-quiero-dinero|website=MTV UK|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=January 16, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518202910/http://www.mtv.co.uk/jennifer-lopez/news/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-and-dj-khaled-team-up-for-quiero-dinero#ARXo0vtFrSZdQMY5.99|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Wass|first=Mike|title=DJ Khaled, Jennifer Lopez & Cardi B Come Together For "Quiero Dinero"|url=https://www.idolator.com/7673736/dj-khaled-jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-quiero-dinero-snippet?chrome=1|website=Idolator|date=January 15, 2018|access-date=May 18, 2018|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626005053/https://www.idolator.com/7673736/dj-khaled-jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-quiero-dinero-snippet?chrome=1|url-status=live}} Khaled stated: "Everything's top secret, [but] I can tell you this: J.Lo's got some new music coming [...] I want to thank J.Lo for letting me be one of the producers amongst other great ones, and a feature on the record. I'm grateful."{{cite web|last=Drysdale|first=Jennifer|title=DJ Khaled Addresses 'Top Secret' Jennifer Lopez-Cardi B Collaboration Rumors (Exclusive)|url=https://www.etonline.com/dj-khaled-addresses-top-secret-jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-collaboration-rumors-exclusive-94500|website=ETonline|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=January 17, 2018|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032351/https://www.etonline.com/dj-khaled-addresses-top-secret-jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-collaboration-rumors-exclusive-94500|url-status=live}}

"Dinero" is a Latin trap song with a production that consists of synths, drums and an "occasional" acoustic guitar lick.{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Hear Jennifer Lopez Count Stacks With Cardi B, DJ Khaled on 'Dinero'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-jennifer-lopezs-new-song-with-cardi-b-dj-khaled-w520407|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=May 17, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518130316/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-jennifer-lopezs-new-song-with-cardi-b-dj-khaled-w520407|url-status=live}} "Dinero", which translates in English to "Money", features Lopez rapping. Lopez opens the song with the introduction: "Me and Benjamín Franco stay at the {{Lang|es|banco}} / Getting checks like Nike, everywhere that I go", and in the hook declares: "{{Lang|es|Yo quiero, yo quiero dinero}}" ("I want, I want money"). Cardi B's verse includes the lyric: "Two bad bitches that came from the Bronx / Cardi from the pole and Jenny from the block", a reference to the Bronx, where both Lopez and Cardi originate from, and Cardi's former stripper career.{{cite web|last=Hosken|first=Patrick|title=Cardi B Is The 'Trap Selena' On Jennifer Lopez's Bilingual New 'Dinero'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3077482/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dinero-dj-khaled/|website=MTV News|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=May 17, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517170406/http://www.mtv.com/news/3077482/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dinero-dj-khaled/|url-status=dead}} Khaled can be heard throughout the track, acting as a hype man.

Abby Jones of Billboard described "Dinero" as a "fiery proclamation of everyone's love for cold hard cash that's brimming with witty bilingual word play." The Guardian characterized the song as "a hustler's anthem", adding: "And not to mention the fact that J-Lo raps on this song with, 'They say money talk, but my talking bilingual', as her best bar."{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez teams up with Cardi B, DJ Khaled in Dinero|url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/jennifer-lopez-teams-up-with-cardi-b-dj-khaled-in-dinero/|website=The Guardian|access-date=May 19, 2018|date=May 19, 2018|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519204429/https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/jennifer-lopez-teams-up-with-cardi-b-dj-khaled-in-dinero/|url-status=live}} Similarly, XXL called it a "fiery anthem" and "potential banger".{{cite web|last1=Saponara|first1=Michael|title=Cardi B and DJ Khaled Hop on Jennifer Lopez's New Single 'Dinero'|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/05/cardi-b-dj-khaled-jennifer-lopez-single-dinero/|website=XXL|access-date=May 19, 2018|date=May 18, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518091448/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/05/cardi-b-dj-khaled-jennifer-lopez-single-dinero/|url-status=live}} Vogue writer Michelle Ruiz praised the song as a potential summer hit, and felt that "Dinero" is "sort of like the 2018 answer" to Lopez's 2002 lead single from her third studio album titled This Is Me... Then, "Jenny from the Block".{{cite web|last1=Ruiz|first1=Michelle|title=J.Lo, Cardi B, and DJ Khaled Make a Play for Song of the Summer With "Dinero"|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/j-lo-cardi-b-dj-khaled-dinero|website=Vogue|access-date=May 19, 2018|date=May 18, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518001228/https://www.vogue.com/article/j-lo-cardi-b-dj-khaled-dinero|url-status=live}} Likewise, Mike Nied of Idolator opined that "'Dinero' could easily dominate the charts this summer", writing: "Khaled’s production grows under her voice and builds to a steady fizz that is sure to fill dance floors across the globe, and Cardi brings the fire for her verse."{{cite web|last1=Nied|first1=Mike|title=Banger Alert: Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B & DJ Khaled's Massive "Dinero" Arrives|url=https://www.idolator.com/7679834/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-dinero-listen?view-all|website=Idolator|access-date=May 20, 2018|date=May 17, 2018|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626005022/https://pixels.ad.gt/api/v1/getpixels?tagger_id=25902241f87e304c1c5ad85c27e4d942&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idolator.com%2F7679834%2Fjennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-dinero-listen%3Fview-all%26chrome%3D1&code=%27none%27|url-status=live}}

The music video for "Dinero" was shot in April 2018. In the clip that surfaced online in December 2017, Lopez and Khaled could be heard discussing a concept for the video, with Khaled noting that "The video idea is gonna make the record even more crazier." Lopez said: "It's cinematic. It has those themes. I was just trying to connect it to the song where it's just not the typical reggaeton, bachata, hip-hop video that everybody does all the time."{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez Taps Cardi B for New Collaboration|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2017/12/23/jennifer-lopez-taps-cardi-b-for-new-single/|website=Rap-Up|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=December 23, 2017|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032349/http://www.rap-up.com/2017/12/23/jennifer-lopez-taps-cardi-b-for-new-single/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, & DJ Khaled Shoot 'Dinero' Video|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2018/04/21/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-shoot-dinero-video/|website=Rap-Up|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517202754/http://www.rap-up.com/2018/04/21/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-shoot-dinero-video/|url-status=live}} Directed by Joseph Kahn, the music video was shot entirely in black-and-white.{{cite magazine|last1=Blistein|first1=Jon|title=Watch Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, DJ Khaled Upend the High Life in 'Dinero' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-in-dinero-video-w520711|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 25, 2018|date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-in-dinero-video-w520711|url-status=live}} It was released on May 24, 2018.{{cite magazine|last1=Cummings-Grady|first1=Mackenzie|title=Watch Jennifer Lopez Destroy a Mansion With Cardi B and DJ Khaled in Luxe 'Dinero' Video|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8457693/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-video-dinero|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 25, 2018|date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525231357/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8457693/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-dj-khaled-video-dinero|url-status=live}} Lopez sported 13 different looks and wore US$4.5 million worth of jewelry from Tiffany & Co.{{cite web|last1=Frey|first1=Kaitlyn|title=Jennifer Lopez Wears More Than $4.5 Million Worth of Tiffany & Co. Diamonds in 'Dinero' Music Video|url=https://people.com/style/jennifer-lopez-millions-jewelry-dinero-video/|website=People|access-date=May 26, 2018|date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527023556/https://people.com/style/jennifer-lopez-millions-jewelry-dinero-video/|url-status=live}}

Slant Magazine listed "Dinero" as one of the "100 Best Music Videos of the 2010s", with Alexa Camp writing that, "the black-and-white clip brazenly takes the piss out of Lopez’s dubious Jenny from the Block persona—and she’s clearly in on the joke, bowling with a diamond-covered ball, barbecuing in lingerie and pearls while sipping a crystal-encrusted Slurpee, toasting marshmallows over a burning pile of cash, and walking a preening pet ostrich on a leash."{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Music Videos of the 2010s |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-100-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/ |website=Slant Magazine |access-date=January 5, 2020 |date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104053012/https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-100-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/ |url-status=live }}

An alternate versions of the video, a vertical video directed by Steven Gomillion, was released exclusively on Spotify, on June 12, 2018.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-dinero-vertical-video-8460642/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Embarks on a Cash-Hungry Cruise Through Las Vegas With 'Dinero' Vertical Video: Watch |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128175515/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-dinero-vertical-video-8460642/ |url-status=live }} In the video, Lopez cruises through Las Vegas in a convertible, lip-syncing along to the song.

Lopez first previewed the song during her set at Calibash in January 2018, which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. She included it as part of a dance medley with "Bitch Better Have My Money" by Rihanna and "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B.{{cite magazine|last=Estevez|first=Marjua|title=Jennifer Lopez & Cardi B Collaboration Previewed at Calibash? Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8095731/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-collaboration-preview|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=January 23, 2018|archive-date=May 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523083222/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8095731/jennifer-lopez-cardi-b-collaboration-preview|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez Previews Cardi B Collaboration 'Quiero Dinero'|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2018/01/22/jennifer-lopez-previews-cardi-b-collaboration-quiero-dinero/|website=Rap-Up|access-date=May 18, 2018|date=January 22, 2018|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032323/http://www.rap-up.com/2018/01/22/jennifer-lopez-previews-cardi-b-collaboration-quiero-dinero/|url-status=live}} Lopez officially performed "Dinero" for the first time at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20. She wore a "bedazzled" bustier and white pants, later sporting a white blazer and fedora to complete the look. She was surrounded by a group of "'40s era gangster-styled dancers".{{cite web|last1=Mizoguchi|first1=Karen|title=Jennifer Lopez Performs 'Dinero' for First Time at Billboard Music Awards|url=http://people.com/music/billboard-music-awards-2018-jennifer-lopez-pregnant-dinero-performance/|website=People|access-date=May 21, 2018|date=May 20, 2018|archive-date=May 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523081347/https://people.com/music/billboard-music-awards-2018-jennifer-lopez-pregnant-dinero-performance/|url-status=live}} Khaled, surrounded by piles of money, appeared on a separate stage to introduce Lopez; Cardi B was not present due to her pregnancy, but appeared via a black-and-white video.{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Jennifer Lopez & DJ Khaled Put on Dazzling Performance of 'Dinero' at the Billboard Music Awards|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456952/jennifer-lopez-dj-khaled-perform-dinero-billboard-music-awards-2018-video|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 21, 2018|date=May 20, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522144243/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456952/jennifer-lopez-dj-khaled-perform-dinero-billboard-music-awards-2018-video|url-status=live}} Leila Cobo of Billboard said the performance was "ridiculously fun to watch", calling it "a lot of bling, a lot of style, some kick-ass dancing (JLo does not disappoint) and a whole lotta cash flying around". Refinery29 writer Kathryn Lindsay stated that "the multi-hyphenate proved she's going back to her roots with a passionate and colorful performance", but noted: "The one thing people didn't like about the performance? DJ Khaled. The artist was there, seemingly, to throw around money and yell some of his signature phrases during the song, but fans just wanted more J.Lo."{{cite web|last1=Lindsay|first1=Kathryn|title=Jennifer Lopez's "Dinero" Debut At The BBMAs Was Straight Fire (Minus DJ Khaled)|url=https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/199683/jennifer-lopez-dinero-performance-billboard-music-awards|website=Refinery29|access-date=May 21, 2018|date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041350/https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/199683/jennifer-lopez-dinero-performance-billboard-music-awards|url-status=live}} Lopez and Khaled later performed "Dinero" as part of Lopez's medley during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards on August 20, 2018, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City,{{Citation|last=MTV|title=Jennifer Lopez Performs 'Get On The Floor', 'Love Don't Cost A Thing' & More {{!}} 2018 MTV VMAs|date=2018-08-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tPIq1SB4Dk|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2018-08-21|archive-url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20180821140923/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D_tPIq1SB4Dk|url-status=live}} where she was also awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.{{Citation|last=MTV|title=Jennifer Lopez Accepts the Video Vanguard Award {{!}} 2018 MTV Video Music Awards|date=2018-08-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ovWzY-1Zs|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830022310/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ovWzY-1Zs|url-status=live}} Lopez performed the song for Today, at Rockefeller Plaza on May 6, 2019, in New York City as part of the shows Citi Concert Series. Lopez was the opening act and kicked off the event performing the song as part of a medley that also included "Medicine" (2019), "Jenny from the Block" (2002) and "On the Floor" (2011).{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/video/jennifer-lopez-sings-medicine-live-on-the-today-plaza-58940485547|title=Jennifer Lopez sings 'Medicine' live on the TODAY plaza|website=TODAY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808011619/https://www.today.com/video/jennifer-lopez-sings-medicine-live-on-the-today-plaza-58940485547|archive-date=August 8, 2019|url-status=live}}

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|title=Dinero / Jennifer Lopez Tidal|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/88928078|publisher=Tidal|access-date=May 18, 2018|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032500/https://listen.tidal.com/album/88928078|url-status=live}}

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• Scott Desmarais – production
• Tommy Brown – production
• Mohombi Moupondo – co-production
• Khaled Khaled – production, vocals
• Yei Gonzalez – co-production
• Belcalis Almanzar – vocals
• Manny Marroquin – mix engineering
• Jennifer Lopez – vocals
• Robin Florent – engineering assistance
• Scott Desmarals – production assistance
• Trevor Muzzy – record engineering
• Juan "AyoJuan" Peña – record engineering
• Cory Rooney - executive production
• Eric "eDoubleMUSIC" Erickson - record engineering

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