Her outfit may have been more muted than one Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, but Jennifer Lopez served just as much surprise in her performance at now-President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony. J.Lo’s performance of “This Land Is Your Land” and “America the Beautiful” was slow, then it was fast, then it was a medley, then it was in Spanish, and by the end of it all, J.Lo even threw in a bit of “Let’s Get Loud.” A new American anthem for a new era, one in which CNN explains why A-Rod is at presidential events and time signatures are just recommendations. “Well, that was great,” emcee Amy Klobuchar said afterward. Indeed.
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