Céline Dion Slams Donald Trump's 'Unauthorized' Use of 'My Heart Will Go On' at Montana Rally: 'Really, That Song?'

Mar. 15, 2025

Céline Dion; Donald Trump.Photo:ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty; Joe Raedle/Getty

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Céline Dion’s team is speaking out againstDonald Trumpusing one of her most famous songs at a campaign rally in Montana.

During the rally for Trump and his vice presidential running mateJ.D. Vanceat Bozeman on Friday, Aug. 9, event organizers played a video of Dion performing “My Heart Will Go On,” her 1997 hit song from theTitanicsoundtrack, according toNBC News.

In a message shared to Dion’sX (formerly Twitter)account on Saturday, Aug. 10, the singer’s team responded to the campaign’s use of the song.

“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 singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” the statement reads.

“In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” the statement adds, finishing with a question for the Trump campaign: “…And really, THAT song?”

Dion previously turned downTrump’s request for her to performat his 2017 presidential inauguration.

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This isn’t the first time a music artist has rejected Trump’s use of their music. During the former president’s re-election campaign in 2020,John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revivalissued a cease-and-desist letter to Trump after he used the band’s song “Fortunate Son” at campaign events, according toRolling Stone.

Céline Dion performs on the Eiffel Tower during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on July 26, 2024.IOC via Getty

IOC via Getty

“I wrote this song because, as a veteran, I was disgusted that some people were allowed to be excluded from serving our country because they had access to political and financial privilege. I also wrote about wealthy people not paying their fair share of taxes,” Fogerty wrote at the time.

Donald Trump speaks at a press conference on Aug. 8, 2024.Joe Raedle/Getty

Joe Raedle/Getty

That same year,Consequence of Soundreported thatPhil Collins' team also sent Trump’s campaign a demand to stop using “In the Air Tonight” after it was played at an Iowa rally.

The use of the song was “particularly inappropriate since it was apparently intended as a satirical reference to Covid-19,” Collins' lawyer wrote at the time. “That reference was made at a time when Iowa was suffering from an acceleration of Covid-19 infection. Mr. Collins does not condone the apparent trivialization of Covid-19.”

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TheAssociated Presspreviously reported that even more artists — and the estates of several dead musicians — have objected to Trump’s use of their music, includingBruce Springsteen, who rejected his use of “Born in the U.S.A.” in 2016,Neil Young,Tom Petty’s family,Leonard Cohen’s estate andThe Rolling Stones.

source: people.com