Anitta Reps Brazil — and Brings Out Missy Elliott! — for ‘Lobby’ at AMAs

You can count on Anitta to bring the sex appeal to a live show! During Sunday’s American Music Awards, the Brazilian superstar performed a medley of her smash hit “Envolver,” and was joined by Missy Elliott for a rendition of “Lobby.”

Anitta opened her performance in an all-black outfit as she began on a couch before hitting her sexy, viral “Envolver” choreography while accompanied by two male dancers.

Her fellow Favorite Female Latin Artist nominee Becky G was spotted clapping along to the Brazilian star’s performance as she danced surrounded by some female dancers. The Nineties icon then popped out wearing Bantu knots as she rapped her catchy verse.

“Missy and Anitta, we rollin’ up to the party/That hottie, he can get the keys to my Bugatti,” Elliott rapped. “From the roof take it down (down)/We goin’ two rounds (rounds).”

The two stars ended the song side-by-side before embracing each other.

Anitta — who also performed “Enolver” at the 2022 VMAs — is a first-time AMA nominee and is up for Favorite Female Latin Artist against Becky G, Karol G, Kali Uchis, and Rosalía.

The night before their performance, Elliott replied to an Anitta fan account, writing “I’m so Happy for @Anitta, she living her best life. Congrats on EVERYTHING.” (Elliott also performed at The Forum with Lizzo Saturday.)

Anitta and Elliott long teased the release of their collaboration. When it finally dropped, Elliott tweeted, “One of the sweetest artist & had me laughing so hard yesterday. You a Star! And I am truly GRATEFUL to you & your Team you all treated me with so much LOVE & KINDNESS.”

Both tracks Anitta performed at the AMAs were featured on the deluxe version of her album, Versions of Me, released earlier this year. “I made this album thinking of me,” she told Rolling Stone in April. “I hate creating expectations because I’m always scared of things not going the way I was expecting — so I just don’t think about it. If I love it, it’s good. I don’t need anyone else to love it.”

Since her album, Anitta joined El Alfa and Black Eyed Peas on “The Best,” nabbed a nomination for Best New Artist at next year’s Grammy Awards, and was up for two Latin Grammys during this year’s ceremony, which she co-hosted.