“They have allowed me to believe in this dream. “I mean, they're the reason why I have this trophy today, to be honest,” Gauff told ESPN. Gauff sent her praises to both Serena and sister Venus in a press interview after the match, thanking them for paving the way for her. Open since Serena Williams took the title in 1999. “Luckily we were in the last row so nobody yelled, ‘Get a room.Gauff is now the youngest American player to win the U.S. “We did kind of make out,” laughed Kristen. “Her card to me was so sweet and sexy and wonderful.” “We also sat in a darkened theater during the day, and passed Valentine’s Day cards to one another,” added Robert. We had a Valentine’s Day dinner together getting on the same page, what happens in the mornings-what time does Katie have to be out the door? What happens at night?” “We spent Valentine’s Day with our kids and all three caregivers, who are going to be, as we call it, Team Fro-Bro-Lo, which is Frozen-Broadway-Lopez. “We’re about to go into a time that, again, comes back to the song-a time when we are not with our children because we have to be at preview after preview after preview,” said Kristen. The day prior, Valentine’s Day, was no less hectic. On Thursday morning, Kristen was caring for a sick daughter while Robert was at tech rehearsals for Broadway’s upcoming Frozen musical, for which they wrote the songs. Not that there is that much free time in their schedules. We’ve been through it once before, so we kind of know what to expect and are able to relax a little bit.” “The first time, we were white-knuckling it through these different events filled with famous people and all of this crazy, fancy stuff. The second time through, the awards circuit “is a lot more fun because there’s so much less terror,” said Robert, who adds that they will bring their daughters to the ceremony as their dates. “I think we’re veering towards the pop as well. We couldn’t not have that,” revealed Robert. “The lullaby is really the main version of the song, because it’s the one we first wrote. The Lopezes have a say in how the song is performed at the ceremony, and tease that they are still weighing the options. To be able to also say something for her would be pretty amazing.” If we are lucky enough to get the chance to stand up and say something, we know how important it is to say something really meaningful. She was such a huge champion of artists, and especially Bobby. “Even though we wrote this song thinking about our children, it has become this way to stay connected to her. “We sang this song at her funeral,” said Kristen. Just as “Remember Me” takes on multiple contexts for the Coco characters, the song also took on new meaning this past summer when Robert’s mother died. If they kind of wander off in the middle, then we worry.” “If they react well, if they want to hear it again, then we always know we have something. “They’re our first audience often for the songs,” said Robert. In addition to serving as inspiration, the couple’s daughters, ages 12 and 8, are also a litmus test. The trick was just to keep in mind that you would have the other version, where it’s interpreted as, ‘Goodbye my love, always remember what we had together.’” “That version of the lyric came out very easily. “We knew a lot about the power of the lullaby to stay connected when you’re far away,” added Kristen. We have all these lullabies that we've written just for them.” It’s the agony of our life, and we deal with it by writing songs that they could sing with their babysitters when we’re gone. We have very strong rules about never spending more than three nights away in L.A. and New York, and handling those trips away from our children. “That was something we knew a lot about, because one of the hardest parts about our career is toggling back and forth between L.A. “Here was a songwriter who wrote a love song that was really inspired by his own love for his daughter, and the guilt about having to go away for his career,” said Kristen. The Lopezes found that they related deeply to the character of Héctor Rivera ( Gael García Bernal), who writes “Remember Me” in the movie as a lullaby to keep his memory alive with his daughter. The song needed to parallel the film’s theme of holding family members close-whether separated by distance or death.
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