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It would normally be considered rude to ask a woman about her rear end, but we gave ourselves a pass Wednesday morning when talking to Jennifer Lopez. After all, the name of her new hit single is "Booty."

"When they presented that song to me I said there was no way I was going to sing a song called 'Big Booty,' but they convinced me to do a demo," said Lopez, who was in town for "American Idol" duties. "I was listening to it with the kids in the car and they just went crazy. They loved it. Then I saw it in a different way. This is not serious. This is fun music."
And then there's the song's pair of twerking videos, which we think are the most sexually provocative of her career.

"Thanks, I think," said the 45-year-old performer. "We're just as vital and alive and beautiful as anybody could be in their 20s. In fact, I think women get more and more beautiful as they get older. They try to put you to bed at a certain point and say you're not worth anything anymore and I think, 'No.' That's all changed now and I think that's awesome."