Céline Dion is speaking up about Donald Trump's "unauthorized" use of her music on the campaign trail, and is also critiquing his song choice. After learning that the Donald Trump presidential campaign played a video of her performing "My Heart Will Go On" at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Montana, the singer shared a statement on Instagram and X, saying that she did not approve of the campaign's use of her music — or the song that the campaign chose to play.
"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 read.
"In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use," the statement continued.
The last line of the statement has garnered a lot of attention. "…And really, THAT song?" the statement concluded.
Many pointed out how the song was indeed an interesting choice for a campaign rally, as it was used as the theme song to the 1997 film Titanic.
Some joked that a song related to "a sinking ship" was appropriate for the Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally. The Kamala Harris campaign also shared a video of the video playing at the rally, captioning it with, "Trump campaign plays the theme from the Titanic at his rally," on X.
"Is Trump’s campaign being trolled from within?" Mike Sington wrote on X. "Many consider Titanic a metaphor for Trump’s sinking campaign."
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Not everyone saw humor in it though. On Instagram, some criticized Céline for releasing the statement.
"If I played this video in front of a crowd at a party it’s the same d— thing," one person commented. "There’s so much hate in this world, it’s sickening. Never thought Celine would even act like this."
"Let it go," another Instagram user responded. "Talk to the campaign privately. I don’t need or want to know your political views publicly and certainly didn’t need this catty statement that will offend half of your fan base."
Céline is not the first musician to speak up about Trump's unauthorized use of their music. Many other celebrities, including Adele, Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, and The Rolling Stones, have told Trump to stop using their music while campaigning.
