Waiting for tonight: J. Lo on performing at the Super Bowl

It’s less than 24 hours to st time and Jennifer Lopez is reying her big performance at Super Bowl halftime show, summing it up with seven words: “Yeah, we're in thick of it.”

“You kw, everything happens when it's supposed to happen. re were many years that I thought about doing Super Bowl and that it was something that I wanted to do and even where I was talked to about it. This is when God choose me to do it,” she said late Saturday in an interview with Associated Press, taking a break from rehearsals.

“This is when it was meant to be. This is when it was destined to be and we're rey and we can't wait. I can't wait.”

Lopez will blaze st Sunday at Hard Rock Stium in Miami as San Francisco 49ers take on Kansas City Chiefs.

singer, whose hits include “Waiting for Tonight,” “I’m Real,” “Jenny from Block” and ors, said she hopes her performance with Colombian singer Shakira inspires and unites people.

“It's such a huge platform and you think, ‘OK, what is it that I want to do?’ And to tell you truth, you kw, when I think about sports ... and music, those are two things that really, really bring people toger. So, for me, it's an opportunity to really bring people toger in a moment of celebration, in joy, love, in unity and happiness. That's what I feel that we're going to provide (Sunday),” she said. “It really is about love and unity and celebrating potential in every single person that's inside of each one of us for all beautiful things we are.”

singer from Bronx — whose uber-successful year included rave reviews of her performance in film “Hustlers,” earning her a Golden Globe mination — said she is proud to see two Latin hitmakers heline on such a global st.

“I'm a woman, I'm Latin and I'm American and I'm proud of all of those things. If you're going to describe me, I guess, that's what it is. So, all of those things will be part of performance for sure. I really hope that it empowers people,” she said. “re is so much that we can achieve, just me and Shakira being on that st is something where people go, ‘Yay, anything is possible. We can be up re, too.’”

Lopez was mum about who would join her and Shakira onst, saying: “I want each moment to moment for people to be, ‘Oh my god, oh yay.’” But a person close to Super Bowl, who spoke on condition of anymity because y were t allowed to publicly talk about game, told AP that Lopez’s 11-year-old daughter Emme, Puerto Rican rapper B Bunny and Colombian performer J Balvin will be special guests during 12-minute performance.

Lopez said performance will be both large and warm.

“ Super Bowl is holy grail of live performances ... so you’re thinking large scale, big moments, but also it still needs to feel very you and very personal and you want some kind of intimate, emotional moments as well. I've just been thinking of having a nice balance of big and kind of like intimate moments, too,” she said.

One of hardest parts, she said, was narrowing down set list for show, which will be co-produced by Jay-Z and his Roc Nation company for first time.

“Someone was like, ‘Oh, is it greatest hits?’ I was like, ‘ALL?’,” she recalled, laughing.

“It's an enjoyable fun set and re was way to fit in everything people were asking for,” she continued. “But that's a blessing and at end of day, I think what I put toger with my team is something that is a lot of fun, a lot of energy (and) super-exciting.”

(im credit: AP)