People are calling Jennifer Lopez 'self-serving' after she slipped in a reference to her own song during her inauguration performance

• Jennifer Lopez sang "This Land Is Your Land" and "America the Beautiful" at Joe Biden's inauguration.
• After reciting part of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish, Lopez sang "let's get loud."
• People on Twitter made fun of Lopez for referencing her 2000 single during the performance.

Jennifer Lopez took the stage at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday to sing "This Land Is Your Land" and "America the Beautiful" - as well as a line from one of her own songs.

Near the end of her mashup performance, the Grammy nominee recited the final words of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish - "One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" - before belting out "let's get loud."

It was a clear reference to Lopez's signature song "Let's Get Loud" that was included on her debut album and released as a single in 2000.

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Viewers noticed.

Many people, like the author Saeed Jones and the NBC reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt, found it amusing, while others mocked the decision as "cringe" or "self-serving."

The Washington Post reporter Sarah Kaplan tweeted about her cat's reaction.

The CBS correspondent Wesley Lowery described the entire effect as "extra."

Others defended J.Lo, praising the allusion as "a call to latinos to be heard."

The radio host Daniel Dudley said the mashup was "the first time" that "This Land Is Your Land" had "ever been worth listening to."

The actress and writer Fawzia Mirza opined: "J'Lo's singing felt like a true movie moment taking us into the 3rd Act. A moment we have all been waiting for."

Lopez has used "Let's Get Loud" as a vehicle for subtle political statements. During her 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, she sang the song alongside her daughter while draped in a massive Puerto Rican flag.

The New York Times noted that that performance "also had a number of children sitting in cages in front of the stage, in what was widely believed to be an allusion to the separation of immigrant children from their families at the United States's border with Mexico."

Representatives for Lopez did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.