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[kaye2023]

I don't speak French and the regional accents all sound the same to me. I once asked a poster about it when they made a curious comment about her accent while singing, but I think they never replied or I may have missed it. Here's a comment from elsewhere, a nothingburger, just mildly interesting (to me) and wanted to share:

"I was talking with my French teacher today about Eurovision and they were wondering whether or not Celine Dion performance for Switzerland was song in Québécois, français, or français de Suisse, I think it was Québécois what do you guys think"

"I'm a french teacher myself. She sings in regular french with a clear quebecois accent. Plain quebecois sounds very different and isn't often used to sing in.



"That's so interesting! In which parts of the song can you tell she has a specific Quebec accent?

"It's certain sounds, like the a-sound in "étoile", "loin", "moi" or "voyage" or the /u/ in "amour". Certain p-sounds before vowels are more aspirated (more air directly after the p, as in "ne p-h-artez p-h-as sans moi"). She's clearly doing an effort to sound less "quebecois". Later on in her carreer the quebecois accent disappears almost completely. However, when she speaks normally, in interviews for instance, she sounds like she's from a really small town in Quebec and never left the place. The difference in accent between her singing and speaking is like day and night. The European french sometimes make fun of her accent."

S/N: she looks lovely all suited up in her recent public outing, foreverbun included lol. Hope she's feeling as well as she looks. Genuinely happy for her, seeing how much love she gets when out and about—a boost to her spirits, no doubt.

[Loup_garou]

It seems that David Guetta played an unreleased Sebastian Ingrosso remix of ANDHC on his show .... lots of love from the DJ community lately

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"Yesterday, @davidguetta
our French King played at the "Vélodrome " in Marseille front of 65k people

It was is first solo show into a stadium in France

He played this beautiful ID from @Ingrosso
with @celinedion

Marseille 😍😍😍

FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷"

[Del]

Just read that Denis Villeneuve is directing the next James Bond movie.  I wonder if this might be the opportunity to have Céline sing the the.e that we've all been waiting for.

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[CélineI'mAlive]

Del, on 26 June 2025 - 11:44 AM, said:

Just read that Denis Villeneuve is directing the next James Bond movie.  I wonder if this might be the opportunity to have Céline sing the the.e that we've all been waiting for.

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I hope

[scielle]

Del, on 26 June 2025 - 11:44 AM, said:

Just read that Denis Villeneuve is directing the next James Bond movie.  I wonder if this might be the opportunity to have Céline sing the the.e that we've all been waiting for.

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You know what? I didn’t even think of that when he was announced but now that you mention it - yes! It’s probably her best chance of getting that gig. Also helpful that Amazon MGM is now the 007 owner and producer, because that Céline doc did very well for them, so they know she still has cultural currency. Yes, they’ve been going with much younger and newer artists lately, but people like Paul McCartney or Madonna did Bond themes well into their careers.

[emiliejolie]

kaye2023, on 24 June 2025 - 08:09 AM, said:

"I was talking with my French teacher today about Eurovision and they were wondering whether or not Celine Dion performance for Switzerland was song in Québécois, français, or français de Suisse, I think it was Québécois what do you guys think"

"I'm a french teacher myself. She sings in regular french with a clear quebecois accent. Plain quebecois sounds very different and isn't often used to sing in.



"That's so interesting! In which parts of the song can you tell she has a specific Quebec accent?

"It's certain sounds, like the a-sound in "étoile", "loin", "moi" or "voyage" or the /u/ in "amour". Certain p-sounds before vowels are more aspirated (more air directly after the p, as in "ne p-h-artez p-h-as sans moi"). She's clearly doing an effort to sound less "quebecois". Later on in her carreer the quebecois accent disappears almost completely. However, when she speaks normally, in interviews for instance, she sounds like she's from a really small town in Quebec and never left the place. The difference in accent between her singing and speaking is like day and night. The European french sometimes make fun of her accent."

S/N: she looks lovely all suited up in her recent public outing, foreverbun included lol. Hope she's feeling as well as she looks. Genuinely happy for her, seeing how much love she gets when out and about—a boost to her spirits, no doubt.

Honestly Eurovision song was sung in French, that's it, without any specific accent. The way Celine prononciated the words below come from her way of singing, the manners Jean-Jacques GOLDMAN wanted her top stop. It sounded too old school, too much Edith Piaf or Mireille Mathieu

Celine rarely sings with an accent. It can happen when she sings Quebec standards that were originally sung with a strong accent but that's it. Not for her personal songs. For example when she covered Ordinaire her accent was clear. Because Robert Charlebois sings with a strong Quebec accent. It happens the same with us. Noticing at karaoké parties when there is a French song of Tina Arena, people sing it with Tina's English speaking pronunciation. This is weird, but in another way that's how the song sounds ...   It shows that when we sing a signing melody does not have anything to do with the spoken language, so you can adapt yourself very easily.

Celine speaking on Tv ( even young on QC tv) spoke with a very light accent, which sounds normal since Charlemagne is in the surroundings of Montreal. It would have been completely different if she would have come from a small rural town, lost in the middle of the forest ....

European French speaking people do not make fun of her. Parisians do, France is a centralized country and the accent you are considering as the French one is actually the Parisian one ..... I come from the South-East of France and I have a very strong accent, different from Paris. For them people from Provence have a reputation for being very slow, like to chill, not to much work, lazy people. A lot a humorists come from Provence and play with their accent so it emphasized this laziness reputation. And honestly it can be a problem in your job. But it's true that Quebec accent sounds exotic

When Celine came to France she spoke with her regular accent but it is true when you watched 1997 - 1998 interviewes for French TV, she erased it a lot, and sounded very Parisian.

I think the real difference for Celine does not come from her accent but from a language in itself. Celine speaks a common French language when she is on TV, but when she in private ( footage of her with family ) she speaks more French Quebec language that can have grammatical differences, different expressions or words that are not used anyone. I personally don't understand her if not subtitled.

[ewh12]

Why did they randomly release behind the scenes with the 2017 Vogue shoot. Don’t get me wrong, cool. But is this a teaser for something or random engagement clickbait content to keep us engaged? lol

https://youtu.be/V5r...LSbqiduwqmPAJ-_

[comingback]

I think it's because of the Paris Fashion Week this week.

[PuraVida]

ewh12, on 08 July 2025 - 12:28 PM, said:

Why did they randomly release behind the scenes with the 2017 Vogue shoot. Don't get me wrong, cool. But is this a teaser for something or random engagement clickbait content to keep us engaged? lol

https://youtu.be/V5r...LSbqiduwqmPAJ-_

I don't think a single thing they post is a teaser. It's all just engagement, possibly monetized who knows. More weeks and months go by without Celine the artist in our lives musically.

At least they're sharing rare photos, and photos we've seen before but now in HD quality.

[CélineI'mAlive]

PuraVida, on 09 July 2025 - 04:03 PM, said:

I don't think a single thing they post is a teaser. It's all just engagement, possibly monetized who knows. More weeks and months go by without Celine the artist in our lives musically.

At least they're sharing rare photos, and photos we've seen before but now in HD quality.

Maybe you’ve noticed that Céline’s popularity on social media has dropped quite a bit. Posting only random things, and maybe now posting weirder stuff, might be a way to keep the general audience hooked. For us, they’re just repeated photos, but for people who aren’t big fans, maybe they seem new.

[No1IrishFan]

Celine signing in what I think is a very recent clip! 2025 vocals!

Looks like she sent a short clip for the end of this tribute show. It’s on Julie Snyders insta!

https://www.instagra...HZ6Y2c5eWIwcw==

EDIT
better clip - https://x.com/celine...5442460925?s=46

Edited by No1IrishFan, 15 July 2025 - 03:34 PM.

[kaye2023]

Thanks! I enjoyed reading your take on it. And also found the very last sentence amusing

emiliejolie, on 27 June 2025 - 01:45 AM, said:

Honestly Eurovision song was sung...
I personally don't understand her if not subtitled.

And what a terrific coup for her should she snag a Bond gig... Tina Turner's still rings in my ear each time I think of Bond movies. Given her current personal fight, her veteran/A++ status and longevity, her vibe would be a wonderful addition to the project, I think.

[tshlw]

No1IrishFan, on 15 July 2025 - 03:19 PM, said:

Celine signing in what I think is a very recent clip! 2025 vocals!

Looks like she sent a short clip for the end of this tribute show. It's on Julie Snyders insta!

https://www.instagra...HZ6Y2c5eWIwcw==

EDIT
better clip - https://x.com/celine...5442460925?s=46

Link to whole song from her FB Page

https://www.facebook...e/v/1G7xhABz5w/

[Állex Sodi]

There’s a strong rumor going around for the past few days about a legendary artist whose team contacted the VMAs to reserve a 10 min performance during the show on September 7th. This artist is supposedly releasing a new album on September 5th and is set to perform a medley.

No one is suggesting it’s Celine, so it’s not even really a rumor for us, but of course, my fan brain couldn’t help but consider the possibility. Especially since the rumor also says that VMA producers were shocked by the request, no one saw it coming. And let’s be honest, no one is really expecting anything from Celine right now.

On the other hand, if Celine is working on a new album, chances are it’s a French one, so the VMAs wouldn’t really be the place to promote it. So yeah, there’s a 99.99% chance it’s not Celine. But I can’t help dreaming about that 0.01%. It would be huge!

[No1IrishFan]

Állex Sodi, on 22 July 2025 - 01:37 PM, said:

There’s a strong rumor going around for the past few days about a legendary artist whose team contacted the VMAs to reserve a 10 min performance during the show on September 7th. This artist is supposedly releasing a new album on September 5th and is set to perform a medley.

No one is suggesting it’s Celine, so it’s not even really a rumor for us, but of course, my fan brain couldn’t help but consider the possibility. Especially since the rumor also says that VMA producers were shocked by the request, no one saw it coming. And let’s be honest, no one is really expecting anything from Celine right now.

On the other hand, if Celine is working on a new album, chances are it’s a French one, so the VMAs wouldn’t really be the place to promote it. So yeah, there’s a 99.99% chance it’s not Celine. But I can’t help dreaming about that 0.01%. It would be huge!

Same! I don’t believe for one second it’ll be Celine but it would be epic. My money is on Rihanna, Ariana or maybe even Britney (long shot here)

[CelinesDIVO5]

Állex Sodi, on 22 July 2025 - 01:37 PM, said:

There’s a strong rumor going around for the past few days about a legendary artist whose team contacted the VMAs to reserve a 10 min performance during the show on September 7th. This artist is supposedly releasing a new album on September 5th and is set to perform a medley.

No one is suggesting it’s Celine, so it’s not even really a rumor for us, but of course, my fan brain couldn’t help but consider the possibility. Especially since the rumor also says that VMA producers were shocked by the request, no one saw it coming. And let’s be honest, no one is really expecting anything from Celine right now.

On the other hand, if Celine is working on a new album, chances are it’s a French one, so the VMAs wouldn’t really be the place to promote it. So yeah, there’s a 99.99% chance it’s not Celine. But I can’t help dreaming about that 0.01%. It would be huge!

Britney and Mariah are rumored. Celine hasn’t had anything to do with MTV since 1999.


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[ordinary fan]

Állex Sodi, on 22 July 2025 - 01:37 PM, said:

There's a strong rumor going around for the past few days about a legendary artist whose team contacted the VMAs to reserve a 10 min performance during the show on September 7th. This artist is supposedly releasing a new album on September 5th and is set to perform a medley.

No one is suggesting it's Celine, so it's not even really a rumor for us, but of course, my fan brain couldn't help but consider the possibility. Especially since the rumor also says that VMA producers were shocked by the request, no one saw it coming. And let's be honest, no one is really expecting anything from Celine right now.

On the other hand, if Celine is working on a new album, chances are it's a French one, so the VMAs wouldn't really be the place to promote it. So yeah, there's a 99.99% chance it's not Celine. But I can't help dreaming about that 0.01%. It would be huge!

It surely would be nice, we'll see

[Dancing_Queen]

New interview with Claudette, for what it's worth:

https://www.7jours.c...-a-rene-charles

They clearly still don't talk often (haven't physically met since covid), but she says:

-Céline is still involved in charities and 'keeps herself informed' (Fondation Maman Dion, Maison Adhémar Dion, Saint-Justine, cystic fibrosis).

-Claudette says Céline is 'very busy' but they 'Zoom' sometimes. She'll sing a bit and sound great, always joking, well-surrounded by her three boys (the usual)

- Apparently Céline bought RC a condo some time ago but he never spent any time there and eventually moved back home.

[CélineI'mAlive]

It’s so beautiful that he is returning to her mother!

Edited by CélineI'mAlive, 25 July 2025 - 06:09 PM.

[ryba]

Is this one of the unreleased songs for the album ATW that Celine recorded? It was written by Diane Warren and produced by Walter Afanessiev so it’s very likely. It was rumored to have River in the title

https://youtu.be/OLG...mnKk0JhoctnxOq1

Edited by ryba, 26 July 2025 - 07:20 AM.

[mirage]

Anyone else having trouble with the forum on the app Tapatalk?
Sometimes it takes forever to loads.
Browser is not an option since on that I keep getting logged out etc.

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[mebe]

mirage, on 27 July 2025 - 02:50 AM, said:

Anyone else having trouble with the forum on the app Tapatalk?
Sometimes it takes forever to loads.
Browser is not an option since on that I keep getting logged out etc.

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Same for me

Envoyé de mon SM-S931W en utilisant Tapatalk

[Dancing_Queen]

I use the DuckDuckGo browser. It's the only thing that consistently works to read/post on this board since they downgraded it.

[streep101]

This may have been discussed already, but can someone tell me when Celine’s last televised live performance was? Actual live singing. And not including the 2020 covid thing. Was it the Aretha tribute in 2018?

[george_matei]

streep101, on 02 August 2025 - 02:02 PM, said:

This may have been discussed already, but can someone tell me when Celine’s last televised live performance was? Actual live singing. And not including the 2020 covid thing. Was it the Aretha tribute in 2018?

No. The Macy s Parade, singing Imperfections. Around Courage release. Also, why is this a new thread?

[streep101]

Thank you. I couldn’t recall her last live television performance. I didn’t mean to start a new thread, just wanted to ask someone and didn’t know the best way to ask the question

[jpatdeleon09]

TV - Macy’s Parade singing ‘Imperfections’. 2019

Concert - Courage World Tour - Newark - 2020

The rest are just events (may be required to use pre recorded)

The latest one that is live was in recording studio for the tribute to Sergio Fiori - 2025

Edited by jpatdeleon09, 03 August 2025 - 10:06 PM.

[Davey84]

ryba, on 26 July 2025 - 07:18 AM, said:

Is this one of the unreleased songs for the album ATW that Celine recorded? It was written by Diane Warren and produced by Walter Afanessiev so it’s very likely. It was rumored to have River in the title

https://youtu.be/OLG...mnKk0JhoctnxOq1

The rumoured song title was Run Like A River. It could be this song... but I don't mind Céline didn't release it. It's boring as hell! hahaha

Patti Labelle also covered Tina's song: If I Was A River ... I dunno why! hahaha

[mirage]

Funny to see they are adding dates when they post old pictures on social media.
I recall some complaints about it here on the forum.

Now let's them releases some vault stuff!

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[Céline RO]

Random thought:

“On traverse un miroir” and “Quelqu'un que j’aime, quelqu’un qui m’aime” are amazingly beautiful songs.

Strange how I suddenly developed this new appreciation for them so many years later.