- The Washington Times - Monday, August 12, 2024

Near, far, wherever he is — Celine Dion doesn’t want Donald Trump playing her music.

The Canadian chanteuse and her record label posted on social media over the weekend to disassociate themselves from a Montana rally at which the former president’s campaign team played the video of Ms. Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On.”

“Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion,” she posted on her X account.



“In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” she said.

Then Ms. Dion twisted the knife.

“… And really, THAT song?” her statement concluded.

While the record was a massive hit and Ms. Dion is widely regarded as a vocal virtuoso, the song is a lament for a dead person in a disaster movie — James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” — not obvious campaign rally-the-troops material.

Ms. Dion’s statement on X did not specify whether a cease-and-desist order had been or would be served, as many liberal artists have done to Republicans playing their songs at campaign events.

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