One day after her hilarious Carpool Karaoke session with James Corden [1] aired on The Late Late Show, Jennifer Lopez [2] stopped by The View in New York City, where she talked about her NBC show Shades of Blue, her fitness selfies, and the movie role that catapulted her into superstardom: Selena.

"Every Latin actress in the world was trying to get it at the same time, and I just auditioned five or six times with a screen test," the singer and actress told the round table of female hosts (including Puerto Rican Sunny Hostin) on March 31 — the 11th anniversary of Tejano legend Selena Quintanilla's untimely death [3]. Press play above to hear J Lo elaborate on the audition process, and then check out how you can re-create her stunning orange lip color [4] this Spring.