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Singer Celine Dion on Saturday criticized former President Donald Trump’s campaign for using her music “without permission” at recent rallies, issuing a statement mocking his song choices.
While the Trump campaign has played Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” at multiple campaign rallies throughout 2023 and 2024, Dion’s statement said that she and her management team only recently learned of the song’s use, specifically noting that the song was played at a Trump campaign rally in Bozeman, Montana on Friday.
“Today, Celine Dion’s management team and record label Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc. were made aware of the unauthorized use of a video, recording, musical performance and likeness of Celine Dion singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at the Donald Trump/J.D. Vance campaign rally in Montana,” Dion said in a statement posted to her X and Instagram accounts.
“Such use is not authorized under any circumstances, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use. … And really, what about that song?”
“My Heart Will Go On” is a romantic ballad that was used as the theme song for James Cameron’s film Titanic. Released in 1997, it is one of the best-selling singles of all time.
CNN reached out to the Trump campaign to ask if they would stop playing the song at future events.
Many musicians, including Rihanna, the Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen and the estate of George Harrison, have opposed President Donald Trump’s campaign using their music since his first presidential campaign in 2016.
Dion made her headline-grabbing return to the stage last month with a spectacular rendition of Edith Piaf’s “L’amour” at the Olympic opening ceremony, her first concert performance since revealing that she has stiff-person syndrome, “a rare, progressive syndrome that affects the nervous system, specifically the brain and spinal cord,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
