The (socially-distanced) crowd in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles went wild.
The Tony award-winning Broadway show famously features women convicted of killing their lovers behind bars and proclaiming their innocence.
Anothertweeted: “JLO always serve her best performances at the AMAs omg so excited for PaTi/Lonely.”
And one obvious fannoted, “one thing about Jlo, she gon give you a performance!”
However, not everyone was thrilled with what went down on stage at the 2020 American Music Awards.
The lighting and stage sets were also strikingly similar.
Even down to the wet hair and the chair," one Twitter usernoted.
“I was literally just thinking that!
Way to familiar,” anotherreplied.
However, plenty of fans were also there to jump to Lopez’s defense.
“Beyonce did not invent black swimsuits and wet hair bob bang out look,” a Lopez defenderposted.
“That’s just how Jlo looks in the MV for that song.
Others pointed out that artists take inspiration from each other all the time.
“Y’all can’t get mad at Jlo for copying Beyonce.
Beyonce been copying Jlo forever,“tweetedanother user.
“Are you guys going to pretend that Beyonce never copied/took inspiration from others?
Jlo did a great job,” yet another fanwroteon behalf of Lopez.
Even Lady Gaga seemed to make a reference to Lopez’s penchant for not singing live on stage.
“I better hear no lip-syncing tomorrow!”
she noted in advance of the 2020 halftime show (via theAssociated Press).
And similar accusations also were lobbed Lopez’s way during her 2018 AMAs performance (viaTwitter).
“Their lip sync job was terrible,” one Twitter userposted.
“@maluma and @JLo, but that lipsync though,” anotheradded.
And I hate how every artist who performs with Jlo has to lip sync because she has too.
Even her being hot isn’t enough to make up for it anymore.”
Harsh words, but we’re sure Jennifer Lopez will not let it phase her one bit.
