Céline Dion criticizes Trump’s campaign team for “unauthorized” use of her music and makes fun of the song selection

BOZEMAN, Montana – Singer Celine Dion rebuked former President Donald Trump’s campaign for “unauthorized use” of her music during a rally in Montana on Friday.

Her management team released a statement on social media platform X on Saturday after Trump played “My Heart Will Go On” at his rally in Bozeman, Montana the day before.

“Today, Céline Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized use of the video, recording, musical performance and image of Céline Dion singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at a Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” the statement said.

The artist and her team also made fun of his song selection.

“This use is in no way authorized and Céline Dion does not endorse this or any similar use. … And really, THIS song?” reads the statement published online.

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Other musicians, including Rihanna, the Rolling Stones and Queen, had objected to the use of their music in Trump’s campaigns since Trump’s first election campaign in 2016.

The family of singer and songwriter Isaac Hayes is threatening to sue Trump over his use of the song “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at rallies.

Hayes’ son, Isaac Hayes III, shared a copy of a copyright infringement notice filed by attorney James Walker and sent to Trump, demanding that his campaign pay $3 million in royalties, USA Today reports. “Hold On, I’m Comin'” was sung by soul duo Sam & Dave and written by Hayes and David Porter.

“Donald Trump embodies a lack of integrity and class, not only through his continued use of my father’s music without permission, but also through his history of sexually abusing women and his racist rhetoric,” Hayes III wrote for the first time on Instagram on Saturday. “This behavior will no longer be tolerated and we will take swift action to put a stop to it.”

According to Rolling Stone, Rihanna sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump after her song “Don’t Stop the Music” was played at a rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2018.

“It has come to our attention that President Trump has used Rihanna’s musical compositions and master recordings, including her hit song ‘Don’t Stop the Music,’ in connection with a number of political events throughout the United States,” Rihanna’s legal team wrote in a letter to Trump’s White House counsel. “As you know, or should know, Ms. Fenty did not give Mr. Trump consent to use her music. Such use is therefore impermissible.”