Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s joint Super Bowl performance has been described as one of the best halftime shows of all time.
The performance, which incorporated pole dancing, surprise guest appearances, giant dance sequences, random Led Zeppelin riffs, crowd surfing and multiple costume changes, has gone viral online.
In fact, the internet has pretty much lost it.
And to be honest, it’s not hard to see why.
Watch Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s full performance below. Post continues after video.
Here are just some of the very best moments from Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s incredible Super Bowl halftime performance.
A pole dancing routine worthy of Hustlers.
After appearing in Hustlers late last year, Jennifer Lopez didn’t let her pole dancing training go to waste.
It was essentially like watching the deleted scenes of Hustlers.
The pole dancing routine also led fans to once again point out that JLo was robbed of a nomination for the movie.
This viral moment.
As usual, the halftime performance has led to plenty of viral moments.
Including this one of Shakira ululating:
ICONIC.
Shakira’s outfit looks… familiar.
Oh.
A number of Twitter users have pointed out that Shakira’s first outfit during the performance was actually eerily similar to her character’s concert outfit in Zootopia.
Once you see it, you can’t stop seeing the resemblance.
Emme Lopez’s guest appearance.
During her performance, JLo performed some of her biggest hits, including ‘Jenny from the Block’, ‘Get Right’, and ‘Waiting for Tonight’.
She was also joined on stage by Colombian singer J Balvin, who joined in on portions of ‘Que Calor’ and ‘Mi Gente’.
Ahead of a medley of ‘Let’s Get Loud’ and ‘Born in the USA’, the 50-year-old singer was joined on stage by her 11-year-old daughter Emme and a chorus of children singers as Shakira played the drums.
Emme, who sang alongside JLo as she was draped in the Puerto Rican flag, was included “as the symbol of the American dream”.
Shakira's hips.
Look.
We just need to take a moment to acknowledge that Shakira's hips remain very, very honest.
Seriously, just watch this:
Shakira playing the drums.
What else can't Shakira do?
During the performance, the 43-year-old was seen singing in different languages, dancing, playing the guitar and even playing the drums.
Oh, and let's not forget the fact that she CROWD SURFED to the stage.
SO. GOOD.
Feature Image: Getty.
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Top Comments
I'm hearing the performance was seen as "empowering" for women on other platforms.
I'm curious if that's the consensus for the majority of MM readers here.
I've tried to respond seriously and my comments have been repeatedly removed.
This is something I recently read. It'll probably be deleted too.
"After J.Lo’s recent Super Bowl halftime show performance, many women expressed criticism in relation to her pole dancing. As is often the case when women push back against the normalization of the sex industry and of objectification, the response was less than fair. Could it be that women all over the world are just angry and prudish? Jealous of how exciting and empowering it must be to pole dance like J.Lo? Or could it be that some women are actually sick and tired of being peddled the lie that dancing like a stripper is empowering?
Consider the realities of how pole dancing “empowers” women:
– 100 per cent of dancers report assault on the job with 82 per cent saying they have been punched by customers.
– Over half of dancers report being digitally raped at work.
– In countries where women’s economic status increases (e.g. Canada), economically vulnerable women are trafficked from overseas to dance under poorer conditions.
– Earnings of US dancers are generally decreasing while demands for more nudity and physical touch are increasing.
– Dancers are increasingly expected to accept physical harassment, in part due to the proliferation of free pornography.
– Strip clubs are illegal in egalitarian jurisdictions like Finland where they are recognized as a driver (and consequence) of gender inequality.
The ugly realities of pole dancing are hand waved away, not just by men, but, increasingly, by women. This is understandable in some ways. Many of us want to defend our right to be sexual beings — to not feel ashamed or repressed about how we dance, have sex, or make money. The problem is that, instead of defending women’s right to understand and express our actual sexualities, women are defending the commoditization of our sexuality — a “sexuality” that has little to do with female pleasure, and everything to do with performing for the male gaze. Far from defending women’s sexuality, arguments in favour of pole dancing do the opposite."
And am I the only one who thought J-Lo's second costume (the silver thing) looked like a maxi pad hanging out the sides of her black costume?