Jennifer Lopez solidified her superstar status with a touching and rocking headlining performance from Times Square in New York City on Thursday during the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC.
The 51-year-old singer performed just before the midnight crystal ball drop after a video showed her in a beautiful blue Balmain gown making her way to Midtown via subway.
J-Lo towered on a stage in an all-white, multi-tiered dress by Valentino Haute Couture with a crystal ball-style full headpiece for her performance.
Headlining performance: Jennifer Lopez solidified her superstar status with a touching and rocking headlining performance from Times Square in New York City on Thursday during the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC
She belted out her new song In The Morning released in November and whipped off her jacket revealing a white pantsuit with big shoulders.
‘How y’all feeling?,’ she asked after singing the song that was viewed live in-person only by cast, crew and some frontline workers invited to the New York City celebration held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
‘Seventeen minutes, 2020 is almost over! We made it! We made it,’ Jennifer said.
She recalled performing earlier this year in front of tens of thousands at the Super Bowl in February and told viewers that this New Year’s Eve celebration was happening ‘a little differently’.
Rocking out: The 51-year-old singer rocked out while performing Dream On by Aerosmith
Good question: ‘How y’all feeling?,’ J-Lo asked after singing the song that was viewed live in-person only by cast, crew and some frontline workers invited to the New York City celebration held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
Towering presence: J-Lo towered on a stage in an all-white, multi-tiered dress with a Valentino Haute Couture crystal-ball style full headpiece for her performance
‘And that’s okay. If this year taught us anything, it taught us to be grateful for what we do have and to cherish every moment. We lost too many. Too many to take one moment for granted,’ Jennifer said emotionally.
‘So tonight, we’re gonna live, we gonna love and we’re gonna dance again. And we’re gonna keep on dreaming,’ she added with an upbeat attitude.
Jennifer then noted that her next song she first sang 20 years ago and that it was never needed more than now.
Dance again: ‘So tonight, we’re gonna live, we gonna love and we’re gonna dance again. And we’re gonna keep on dreaming,’ Jennifer said with an upbeat attitude after noting the loss of 2020
She then delivered a tender rendition of Waiting For Tonight that morphed into a wild version of Dream On by Aerosmith.
J-Lo showed her inner rocker as pyrotechnics exploded behind her and she tossed her microphone stand to the ground.
‘Let’s go, come on!,’ she shouted before taking on the song’s tremendous high notes with her biceps bulging.
Inner rocker: J-Lo showed her inner rocker as pyrotechnics exploded behind her and she tossed her microphone stand to the ground
She then performed her 2012 hit Dance Again and reminded everyone of her dancer background with sℯxy squats, a two-knee slide and a big finish with confetti dropping.
‘Happy New Year, everybody!,’ Jennifer exclaimed at the end of her performance.
She later joined her fiance Alex Rodriguez, 45, for the ball drop along with her 12-year-old twins Emme and Max and his girls Natasha, 16, and 12-year-old Ella.
Dance moves: She then performed her 2012 hit Dance Again and reminded everyone of her dancer background with sℯxy squats, a two-knee slide and a big finish with confetti dropping
Big finish: ‘Happy New Year, everybody!,’ Jennifer exclaimed at the end of her performance
