Céline Dion criticizes Donald Trump’s ‘unauthorized’ use of ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at Montana rally

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Céline Dion’s team is utilizing one of her most famous songs to speak out against Donald Trump at a Montana campaign rally.

During Trump and his vice presidential running partner J.D. Vance’s rally in Bozeman on Friday, Aug. 9, event organizers showed a video of Dion performing “My Heart Will Go On,” her 1997 smash song from the Titanic soundtrack, according to NBC News.

Dion’s team sent a statement to her X (previously Twitter) account on Saturday, August 10, protesting 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/JJD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” stated the release.

“Celine Dion has not authorized this use and does not endorse it.” The statement concludes with a query for the Trump campaign: “And really, THAT song?”

Dion declined Trump’s proposal for her to perform at his 2017 presidential inauguration.

This isn’t the first time a musician has objected to Trump’s use of their music. According to Rolling Stone, during the former president’s 2020 re-election campaign, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty delivered a cease-and-desist letter to Trump after he played the band’s song “Fortunate Son” at campaign rallies.

“As a veteran, I penned this song to express my dissatisfaction with the practice of barring certain individuals from serving our nation due to their political and financial influence,” Fogerty stated. “I also wrote about wealthy people not paying their fair share of taxes.”

“Mr. Trump is an excellent example of both of these difficulties.” The fact that Mr. Trump promotes hatred, bigotry, and terror while misrepresenting recent history adds to my concerns about his use of my music.”

After playing “In the Air Tonight” at an Iowa event, Phil Collins’ team reportedly demanded that Trump’s campaign stop using it that same year, according to Consequence of Sound

Collins’ lawyer argued at the time that the song’s use was particularly inappropriate, given its apparent satirical reference to COVID-19. The song’s reference coincided with an increase in Covid-19 infections in Iowa. Mr. Collins does not support the seeming trivialization of COVID-19.”

According to the Associated Press, additional artists and the estates of several deceased musicians have objected to Trump’s use of their music, including Bruce Springsteen, who rejected his use of “Born in the U.S.A.” in 2016, Neil Young, Tom Petty’s family, Leonard Cohen’s estate, and The Rolling Stones.

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