Céline Dion and her management team said Saturday that they do not endorse an “unauthorized” use of one of her most popular songs by former U.S. president Donald Trump at a campaign rally.
“Today, Céline 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 Céline Dion singing My Heart Will Go On at a Donald Trump [and] J.D. Vance campaign rally in Montana,” read a statement posted by the Canadian pop icon’s X account, formerly known as Twitter.
“In no way is this use authorized, and Céline Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” it added. “And really, THAT song?”
The song and its music video were played at Trump’s rally in Bozeman, Mont., on Friday on the big screen near the stage. Trump, the current Republican presidential candidate, was in Bozeman to support a Republican candidate for Senate.
In recent years, a number of musicians and bands — including Canadians Neil Young and Nickelback — have voiced opposition to their music being used by Trump.
My Heart Will Go On helped propel Dion to super stardom as it was used in the 1997 Oscar-winning blockbluster film Titanic.
Dion, a five-time Grammy winner, had reportedly refused to perform at Trump’s January 2017 inauguration when the former president took office after winning the 2016 election.
The native of Charlemagne, Que., announced in 2022 that she was stepping back from performing due to stiff-person syndrome, but recently returned to perform at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
