After four years of pure political turmoil, the Trump administration officially came to an end today and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn into office as the President and Vice President of the United States.
\u201cVice President Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first Black woman and first Indian-American to hold the office. Her oath of office was administered by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. https://t.co/tO2Vbn92S7\u201d— The New York Times (@The New York Times) 1611161683
\u201cBREAKING: Joseph R. Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America. https://t.co/5lTqNoetMC #InaugurationDay\u201d— ABC News Politics (@ABC News Politics) 1611161565
During the inauguration ceremony, many A-List names dropped by to perform and celebrate the history-making occasion, namely Oscar-winner Lady Gaga and actress and pop extraordinaire Jennifer Lopez. After Gaga sang a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem, J Lo took to the podium to sing her version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."
\u201cHere's Lady Gaga's stunning National Anthem in full.\n\n#InaugurationDay\u201d— The Recount (@The Recount) 1611161163
\u201cJennifer Lopez belts out her version of "This Land Is Your Land" during the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.\u201d— USA TODAY (@USA TODAY) 1611161721
Most of J Lo's performance was great and in keeping with the serious tone of a Presidential Inauguration, but because we live in a completely chaotic world, the moment that stuck out to most was towards the end when she decided to throw it back to her 1999 track "Let's Get Loud" from her debut album On the 6.
\u201comg she actually did sneak in \u201clet\u2019s get loud\u201d i\u2019m going home \ud83d\ude2d https://t.co/hX5qlk3Hoz\u201d— \u064f (@\u064f) 1611162258
Almost immediately, the moment went viral and the tweets and memes started to ensue online...
\u201cMy cat when JLo broke into \u201cLet\u2019s get Loud\u201d \ud83d\ude02\u201d— Sarah Kaplan (@Sarah Kaplan) 1611161399
\u201cTrump sworn in. "How bad could it be?" smash cut to JLo doing Let's Get Loud amid the ashes of an attempted insurrection in DC. hundreds of thousands are dead. Bernie is wearing his lil mittens\u201d— JP (@JP) 1611161805
\u201cGaga dressed like a Hunger Games sponsor. J Lo worked \u201clet\u2019s get loud\u201d into this land is your land. Everything about this is so extra\u201d— Wesley (@Wesley) 1611161356
\u201cLet\u2019s Get Loud (This Land is Your Land Remix)\u201d— toad from super mario teas (@toad from super mario teas) 1611161497
None— RoRo (@RoRo) 1611162784
\u201cIf JLo could sneak \u201cLet\u2019s get loud\u201d into her inaugural performance I\u2019m just really confused as to why we didn\u2019t get \u201cI wanna take a ride on your disco stick\u201d in Gaga\u2019s National Anthem??\u201d— reidy (@reidy) 1611161692
\u201cWhen J Lo threw in \u201clet\u2019s get loud\u201d for 0 reason while singing \ud83d\ude2d https://t.co/REX2ERuI6s\u201d— Honey Buns\ud83e\ude90 (@Honey Buns\ud83e\ude90) 1611161643
\u201c"this land is your land, this land is my land from Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza, straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa" \ud83c\udfb6\u201d— eric schwartau (@eric schwartau) 1611161213
\u201cyou\u2019re nuts if you think i\u2019m not shouting \u201cLET\u2019S GET LOUD\u201d at random moments for the rest of my life\u201d— Shea Serrano (@Shea Serrano) 1611162268
\u201cJLo really inserted "Let's Get Loud" into her song, so Gaga really should have said "for the laaaaaaand of the FREEEEE..... RAAAAIN OOOON MEEEE"\u201d— Matt Ortile (@Matt Ortile) 1611161519
\u201cI didn\u2019t know let\u2019s get loud was apart of this land was made for you and me....\u201d— Alex Newell (@Alex Newell) 1611161240
\u201cj lo getting ready to sing this land is your land (let\u2019s get loud remix) https://t.co/SUya6OWusA\u201d— keaton kilde (@keaton kilde) 1611163655
Was this the performance America thought we were gonna get from J Lo? No. Was it the performance America deserved? Absolutely.