Jennifer Lopez Faces Heat For Co-Produced Dr. Luke Single "Ain't Your Mama"
Jennifer Lopez set the American Idol finale ablaze with her performance debut of brand-new single "Ain't Your Mama" however, Jenny From The Block, herself, caught the heat.
"Ain't Your Mama" is a feminist anthem, refusing to let your man get away with acting like a baby because you ain't going to take care of him like you're his mama. The internet immediately seized on the fact that the song was co-produced by Dr. Luke, the pop impresario being sued by Kesha for sexual assault.
Her hot-as-always performance medley of "Ain't Your Mama" and "Let's Get Loud" was a huge hit with the audience last night, but the Twitterverse took notice that Lopez and Meghan Trainor had just shepherded the first Luke-produced music of 2016 into the world.
Lopez, has just returned to Sony-owned Epic records in March after five-plus years with Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam. We are told that fellow Epic artist Trainor had this song, she talked to Lopez about it, J.Lo heard it and loved it, and they recorded it during the past two months.
Ultimately, according to the initial source, Dr. Luke had no involvement in the finished production and Lopez never at any time actually worked with him on "Ain't Your Mama," in the studio or otherwise.
In fact, the list of cooks in the kitchen is long, with Henry "Cirkut" Walter also cited as a producer and Cirkut, Theron Thomas, Gamal "Lunchmoney" Lewis and Jacob Kasher Hindlin sharing writing credit with Dr. Luke and Meghan Trainor.
The general love for Jennifer Lopez drowned out any backlash, however, and "Ain't Your Mama" is already No. 8 on the iTunes sales chart—and Meghan Trainor's "No" is sitting pretty at No. 4.
