J.Lo Should Do This More Often

Jennifer Lopez performed in front of the toughest crowd imaginable: a bunch of disappointed Swifties who realized that Taylor Swift isn’t coming to the AMAs. Nevertheless, she persisted. To open the 2025 AMAs, she, alongside her backup dancers, performed to a medley of 23 nominated songs and hits from the past year, including “Not Like Us,” “Espresso,” “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” and “Lose Control” — and during the latter song segment, she started making out with some of the dancers. Yes, dancers as in plural, multiple people! She did a rare feat and found a way for us to enjoy an overplayed song. The performance itself was a fun way to open a show that didn’t feel self-serving— Lopez could’ve easily performed to a medley of her own songs, but instead decided to highlight the most popular tracks from the past year. J.Lo, please bring this energy to the Kiss of the Spider Woman press tour.

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