February 03, 2020: In the duo to end all duos, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez brought the house down (brought the stadium down?) at the Super Bowl LIV, with Shakira opening the performance with a medley of all her greatest hits, wearing a ruby-red, sparkly dress and accompanied by a handful of backup dancers also clad in ruby sparkles.
During "Hips Don’t Lie," Shakira crowd-surfed under a sky filled with fireworks—and, my friends, that was just the beginning.And I’ll break it down for you.
Then Jennifer Lopez appeared, halfway up a pole (an allusion to her performance in Hustlers!), singing her hit "Jenny From the Block" and segueing smoothly into a medley of her best work, from "On the Floor" to "Waiting to Tonight." Stripping down to a silver and nude bodysuit, J.Lo continued to show off the moves she’d learned for Hustlers—and even when she descended from the pole, several of her backup dancers remained up there.
Shakira and Jennifer Lopez just rocked the #PepsiHalftime show! 2/3 pic.twitter.com/hNgpSRmnDy
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 3, 2020
Her daughter Emme then joined J.Lo on the stage, as did Shakira; Shakira played the drums, Emme sang with her own chorus, J.Lo did her thing and it was...Reader, it was everything.
Also, there was this moment, which swiftly became a meme:
Trying to get the last of the Cheeto dust off my fingers #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/jI4urZnVEb
— Josh Miller (@WhoAmIToSayWhy) February 3, 2020
People loved the performance (because, you know, they’re not blind!).