Selena Gomez gets emotional, Jennifer Lopez rocks her booty at the AMA
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Selena Gomez left it all on the stage of the American Music Awards on Sunday with one of her most raw live performances yet.
The 22-year-old songstress took the stage in a nude Giorgio Armani gown for an emotional performance of her new single “The Heart Wants What It Wants” that left her – and BFF Taylor Swift – in tears.
It began with the audio of Gomez’s teary, pre-recorded phone conversation previously heard in the single’s music video as the singer closed her eyes before her powerful solo.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“When I was on stage and I was thinking of … I felt like I know … I know him, though, and I know his heart and I know what he wouldn’t do to hurt me,” the recording said.
Gomez’s raw emotions were only made more powerful by the lyrics and visuals of a giant moon, a lightning storm, a weeping woman and wings projecting behind her. An image a guy concealed by a shadow, resting his palms against a clouded glass – presumably depicting the song’s subject, Justin Bieber – brought it all together.
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Jennifer Lopez shakes her booty in sexy performance
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea had AMA producers nervous that they would cross the line for their performance of “Booty.”
And while the duo’s first rendition of the song on a live telecast was pretty tame, it hit the mark and was booty-full.
Lopez, 45, kicked off the performance in a sparkling tuxedo-style bodysuit with some impressive – and incredibly flexible – moves.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Azalea later appeared in a lower part of the stage in a gold halter bodysuit and the two proceeded to do some twerking and grinding with a little butt slapping for added spark.