Jennifer
Lopez gets choked up during New Year's Eve performance: 'We lost too
many' in 2020
From
the Times Square stage in New York City, the
singer became overwhelmed for a moment
Jennifer
Lopez took a moment out of her New Year's
Rockin' Eve performance to address the
tumultuous, tragic year the country had in 2020.
Addressing her audience from the Times Square
stage in New York City, the singer became
overwhelmed for a moment talking about how
"we lost too many" to COVID-19.
"2020
is almost over. We made it! We made it,"
Lopez, 51, exclaimed with a few minutes left of
the year on Thursday. She then looked back to the
beginning of the year, "being on one of the
biggest performances of my life with thousands of
people" for the Super Bowl Half-Time show,
which she co-headlined with Shakira in Florida.
"But tonight we're doing things a little
differently. That's OK."
"This
year teaches us… if it taught us anything, it
taught us to be grateful for what we do have and
to cherish every moment," she continued. "We
lost too many — too many — to take one moment
for granted." Referencing the lyrics to
her 1999 song, "Waiting For Tonight,"
Lopez added, "So, tonight we're going to
live, we're going to love, and we're going to
dance again. And we're going to keep on dreaming.
Twenty years ago, I sang this song. We never
needed it more than tonight."
President-elect
Joe Biden, who is to be sworn in as
president of the United States in just 20 days
time, also came out during the festivities with a
message of hope. "I’m more optimistic about
America’s chances than I’ve ever been,"
he told host Ryan Seacrest. "I am absolutely
positive, confident, that we’re going to come
back and come back stronger than we were before,"
he added.
Lopez
sang renditions of her new single "In the
Morning" and also Aerosmith's "Dream
On." Watch her performance in the video above.
The
celebrations in one of the most famous postcards
in the world had more than 6 hours of concerts,
but few people, always wearing masks and with
distance, followed the venue. Frontline workers
against Covid-19 were among the few invited guests.
In addition to Jennifer Lopez, artists such as Anitta,
Cindy Lauper, Gloria Gaynor and Pitbull
also performed.
