Céline being cool again

[scielle]

“Most impressively, though, she doesn’t seem like an irrelevance. With most pop now so digitally processed, what once sounded “over-produced” about Dion’s music now seems refreshingly naturalistic—the same contrast that benefits her millennial counterpart, Adele. As well, the culture is now more in tune with her unabashed emotionalism than it was in her heyday, when irony and cool were basically synonyms. […]

In 2017, it seems impossible to imagine that anyone ever hated her. We love Céline for her voice, for her flair, for her goofiness and also for her vulnerability. We love her for the way she can take on the raiments of glamour while her homespun essence shines through. We love her for everything she’s always been and for what she was rejected for, too. For Canadians, in Québec but also beyond, she is our most unpretentious envoy. She may not have the poetic sensibility of a Leonard Cohen, Robert Lepage or Joni Mitchell. But she has enough heart to contain all our sprawling geography and harshness of climate, all our fractious identities, serve them up on an embroidered pillow or in a smoked-meat sandwich —in 2012, she became a part-owner of Montreal’s fabled Schwartz’s deli—and bring the world, for a fleeting, soaring moment, into sweeter harmony. Long may her chest keep thumping.”

 

Interesting data from the Project Canada survey, too -

"The bigger surprise might be that Dion is queen—at 24 per cent—even among Drake’s millennial cohort, who were just kids back when Dion’s signature power ballads were doing multi-octave cartwheels all over pop radio."

Edited June 6, 2017 at 04:18 AM by scielle

[marc-02]

I recently bought [and am currently reading] his book (Journey to the End of Taste) because i got curious. And I must say it's a really good book.

 

 

That had me a bit teary!! Best thing written. And long may her chest keep thumping ❤️

[HushNow]

http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/how-celine-dion-became-cool/

 

Hahaha

 

It's sad and funny at the same time...

 

I always hated this guy because of his ridiculous book about Celine's Let's Talk About Love area.

He was one of the guys who created the stigma that Celine was 'not done'. Based on an album that was not as trashy as he pretended it to be.

I honestly think Let's Talk About Love is a very classy album. And still is.

 

Also all his interviews, wich clearly showed he was close to a fan-girl, instead of a hater. I thought it was very hypocrite.

 

Anyway...

I always defended Celine when it came to her global bashing, referring to any other mainstream pop act. It took another 15 years, but it's seems, at last, he and the world now see what many of us saw long time. After all it is funny to see him writing this.

But instead of a lame article, he should write a book about his new vision

[scielle]

http://www.macleans....on-became-cool/

 

Hahaha

 

It's sad and funny at the same time...

 

I always hated this guy because of his ridiculous book about Celine's Let's Talk About Love area.

He was one of the guys who created the stigma that Celine was 'not done'. Based on an album that was not as trashy as he pretended it to be.

I honestly think Let's Talk About Love is a very classy album. And still is.

 

Also all his interviews, wich clearly showed he was close to a fan-girl, instead of a hater. I thought it was very hypocrite.

 

Anyway...

I always defended Celine when it came to her global bashing, referring to any other mainstream pop act. It took another 15 years, but it's seems, at last, he and the world now see what many of us saw long time. After all it is funny to see him writing this.

But instead of a lame article, he should write a book about his new vision

 

"Ridiculous"? Have you actually read the book?

Because it's the most articulate and thoughtful thing ever written about Celine. There's a reason it's used in universities and widely regarded as one of the best books out there about art criticism. It's what I regularly use to convert non-fans; it's the most reasoned and convincing pro-Celine argument ever put to paper. So I don't know what you're talking about and how you get to calling Carl a hypocrite. Far from it.

And what's so "lame" about the article?

Edited June 6, 2017 at 11:09 AM by scielle

[scielle]

And now Sarah Boesveld is back!

 

http://www.chatelaine.com/living/entertainment-living/life-lessons-from-celine-dion/

[comingback]

http://prod.fashionmagazine.com/scene/2016/07/28/celine-dion-fashion-evolution/

 

Céline Dion’s Fashion Evolution: From ’90s Icon to Vetements’ Latest Darling

[celinesounds]

looking to this look today, she was amazing, even looks better nowadays :clap:

 

 

http://static.celebuzz.com/uploads/2009/02/19/msg-123500434282-3.jpg

[scielle]

Another piece on this and a 10-min radio interview with Carl Wilson -

 

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[chawatak]

BTW, about Drake's comment on his IG, I quite don't get what did he mean: "My dad might have walked away from this pic and said "Da Celine Way." Can anyone explain to me please. Thank you.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUYjONdjhKf/

[scielle]

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rachel-decoste/celine-dion-cool_b_17100184.html?ncid=tweetlnkcahpmg00000002

[chawatak]

Wow Articles about Celine keep coming up.

 

How Céline Dion, Kitsch Queen, became the pop culture icon the world so desperately needed

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/celine-dion-kitsch-queen-became-pop-culture-icon-world-desperately/

[Bruno Portugal]

Wow Articles about Celine keep coming up.

 

How Céline Dion, Kitsch Queen, became the pop culture icon the world so desperately needed

 

 

http://www.telegraph...ld-desperately/

 

Another great article!

 

«Alan Edwards, founder of PR firm The Outside Organisation, believes Dion’s renaissance is largely down to the power of her vocals.

“Young pretenders come and go but Céline Dion has The Voice, and that has been the key to her longevity,” he says. “It’s still recognisable within seconds in all corners of the globe and it’s one which resonates across age groups – even the younger generation who grew up with their parents smooching to her songs.”»

 

 

Yes... and we are proud fans.

[Gulenkov]

Wow Articles about Celine keep coming up.

 

How Céline Dion, Kitsch Queen, became the pop culture icon the world so desperately needed

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/celine-dion-kitsch-queen-became-pop-culture-icon-world-desperately/

Still, it's not quite accurate when it says she has always been very earnest and serious and stopped doing so just this year. Her first time using a shoe as a phone was 10 years ago :-) Of course her attitude to a lot of things has become much more modern throughout the last two years but I consider it an evolution rather than a revolution

Edited June 16, 2017 at 07:49 PM by Gulenkov

[GameC]

Another proof that Céline is cool

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0J-BwkQK4A

Edited June 17, 2017 at 01:09 AM by GameC

[mebe]

It's amazing to see that Celine is popular again! She's always been but now it's more than ever! ; )

 

Envoyé de mon SGH-I257M en utilisant Tapatalk

 

 

[chawatak]

Another proof that Céline is cool

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0J-BwkQK4A

 

This vid is still trending No.5 in the U.S. and got almost 2 million views in less than 24 hrs!

 

I can't believe that after BBMAs, Celine Dion still got another big shot in AGT! Wow! She's still trending.

 

P.S. And the kid sings so well and her parents named her and her sister after "Celine Dion". That confirms her LEGEND status to the world.

Edited June 17, 2017 at 04:12 AM by chawatak

[nuts2you]

I wonder if celine has seen this yet

[chocolatechip15]

http://www.huffingto...kcahpmg00000002

 

I actually disagree with this article. Celine has always been popular and always been successful, yes. But saying Celine has always been cool? No, absolutely not. That's a really new thing. All through the '90s, when she was super-popular, it was "cool" to mock Celine. The reviews of LTAL, her best-selling album, were, for the most part, pretty scathing. She was being mocked on SNL. Carl Wilson collected in his book a bunch of quotes of the horrible things people said about her music. She was mercilessly mocked for the backwards tux thing in '99. I've loved Celine since I was a teenager in the '90's -- which was basically when everyone's *mom* loved Celine. Liking Celine was something you laughed about (or if you were self-conscious, tried to hide).

 

All this positive news - -about her being a fashion icon, and every article talking about how amazing she is -- that is so, so new. The tide's been turning for probably the last decade or so, but this completely positive news media attention -- it's really only since Rene got sick. Because it's just really hard to mock her now.

 

I find it sort of hilarious that one of the examples they chose to show that she was cool is that she sang for the Pope. That fit with her squeaky-clean image, it helped make her the beloved child star . . but cool? Singing a song about a dove for the pope? That definitely does not make her cool. In fact, it's probably one of the things that helped make her uncool.

 

To clarify: I couldn't care less if Celine Dion is cool . One of the things I love most about her is that she never tries to be cool - she is who she is and doesn't apologize for it. But saying she's always been cool is just silly.

[incognito]

 

 

I actually disagree with this article. Celine has always been popular and always been successful, yes. But saying Celine has always been cool? No, absolutely not. That's a really new thing. All through the '90s, when she was super-popular, it was "cool" to mock Celine. The reviews of LTAL, her best-selling album, were, for the most part, pretty scathing. She was being mocked on SNL. Carl Wilson collected in his book a bunch of quotes of the horrible things people said about her music. She was mercilessly mocked for the backwards tux thing in '99. I've loved Celine since I was a teenager in the '90's -- which was basically when everyone's *mom* loved Celine. Liking Celine was something you laughed about (or if you were self-conscious, tried to hide).

 

All this positive news - -about her being a fashion icon, and every article talking about how amazing she is -- that is so, so new. The tide's been turning for probably the last decade or so, but this completely positive news media attention -- it's really only since Rene got sick. Because it's just really hard to mock her now.

 

I find it sort of hilarious that one of the examples they chose to show that she was cool is that she sang for the Pope. That fit with her squeaky-clean image, it helped make her the beloved child star . . but cool? Singing a song about a dove for the pope? That definitely does not make her cool. In fact, it's probably one of the things that helped make her uncool.

 

To clarify: I couldn't care less if Celine Dion is cool . One of the things I love most about her is that she never tries to be cool - she is who she is and doesn't apologize for it. But saying she's always been cool is just silly.

 

It's a tongue-in-cheek article I think. Stating she's always been cool....everyone else was too uncool to recognize her cool. Or something or other.

[scielle]

Yeah, my thoughts exactly re. the HuffPo article. If the author isn't seeing the entirely new treatment Celine is getting in the media, she's just in denial.

 

Anyway, here's another one - http://www.avclub.com/article/read-how-celine-dion-became-cool-256999

Largely a rehash and summary of the Maclean's article. But I guess point is, lots of outlets are picking up on this.

[scielle]

And now Sarah Boesveld is back!

 

http://www.chatelain...om-celine-dion/

 

Here's Sarah - who also wrote this great article - speaking about this piece on the radio (but mostly about Celine renaissance in general). Nice interview!

Listen here: http://cirh2.streamo...listen-pl-10813

Edited June 28, 2017 at 01:15 AM by scielle

[takeachance]

Does Celine realise how symbolic and amazing her chest thumps are ! Never stop Celine ! 😄😄

[scielle]

Another radio interview. This time from the woman behind the HuffPo article.

 

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[Katie]

Another radio interview. This time from the woman behind the HuffPo article.

 

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The direct mink plz

[scielle]

The direct mink plz

 

Don't think there is one (unless someone has been able to find); I only managed to catch the last few minutes of it live on air.

[scielle]

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"She's having a moment right now but this writer's always been there..

 

Céline, you're having a moment but it’s not something I’ve cottoned onto. Oh, no. I’ve been a loud and proud member of Team Céline since way back when. I’ve campaigned about how great you are when met with scoffs at dinners. I’ve turned to your music in moments of heartache and euphoria, and when I was in Las Vegas last October I very nearly cried when I found out that you weren't playing the nights I was there (I did go to the Céline gift shop for quiet relief though, don’t you worry).

 

Now though, you're all the rage. People are crawling out of the woodwork left, right and centre claiming their new-found fan status. Now that it’s “cool” to like you in that ha-so-ironic-way. Now that American Vogue has given you the nod, now that Katy Perry and Drakehave announced their allegiance to your fandom, now that Paris is going mad for you. I SEE WHAT THEY’RE DOING.

 

The truth is it shouldn’t have taken this long (looking at you fellow Millennials).

 

That voice. THAT voice. Your facial expressions. The gyrating sans shame. The air guitaring on the regular. The fact you style out Haute Couture nightly because wtf not? The fact that you allowed a güiro to be used in It’s All Coming Back To Me and you look like you give a reallygreat hug (that’s important). I mean Christ, you practically taught me French - “Pour que tu m'aimes encore”.

The thing is, and I'm sorry to say this, but some people don't think you're, ehem, cool but - and this is the clincher - I love that you really don't care.

 

You bloody love Vegas in all its tacky glory so much so you've spent 15 years there and bought a sweet-#ss pad only a matter of miles away from The Strip. I mean, it's not the place I'd spend more than two nights but you do you, Céline.

 

WHO does ballads like you? Who? I’m a sucker for a tearful performance and by God do you give plenty of those. Have you sold out and decided to collaborate with Pitbull or the likes? No. You're owning that genre and we can all be grateful for that.

 

For me though, my love for you really comes down to the many - frankly glorious - memories you've given me. Driving around Edinburgh with my school friends belting out the classics (the guttural lows to the pitch-perfect highs rest assured). The time I was giving it my all (how can you not?) to Think Twice during a particularly stressful work break, unaware that my housemate's incredibly awkward boyfriend (now-ex) was in the other room texting her saying, "I'm not sure she knows that I'm in." The time I quite literally lost my s*** in the O2 alongside my sister (a fan of equal measure) at the pure magic of you. Oh, and the many times my hangover has been nursed back to health by watching your A New Day Has Come Vegas show DVD. Five hours of absolute joy - make no mistake.

 

So, yeah. There you have it. I really do love you, Céline. I really, really do. I never won't. I will play your music to my future children and will continue defending you at dinners to IMHO ill-advised music snobs. You're the gift that just keeps on giving and, yes, I will keep shouting it from the rooftops, singing from my bedroom and screeching out car windows, because that's The Power of Love, isn't it?"

[Katie]

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"She's having a moment right now but this writer's always been there..

 

Céline, you're having a moment but it’s not something I’ve cottoned onto. Oh, no. I’ve been a loud and proud member of Team Céline since way back when. I’ve campaigned about how great you are when met with scoffs at dinners. I’ve turned to your music in moments of heartache and euphoria, and when I was in Las Vegas last October I very nearly cried when I found out that you weren't playing the nights I was there (I did go to the Céline gift shop for quiet relief though, don’t you worry).

 

Now though, you're all the rage. People are crawling out of the woodwork left, right and centre claiming their new-found fan status. Now that it’s “cool” to like you in that ha-so-ironic-way. Now that American Vogue has given you the nod, now that Katy Perry and Drakehave announced their allegiance to your fandom, now that Paris is going mad for you. I SEE WHAT THEY’RE DOING.

 

The truth is it shouldn’t have taken this long (looking at you fellow Millennials).

 

That voice. THAT voice. Your facial expressions. The gyrating sans shame. The air guitaring on the regular. The fact you style out Haute Couture nightly because wtf not? The fact that you allowed a güiro to be used in It’s All Coming Back To Me and you look like you give a reallygreat hug (that’s important). I mean Christ, you practically taught me French - “Pour que tu m'aimes encore”.

The thing is, and I'm sorry to say this, but some people don't think you're, ehem, cool but - and this is the clincher - I love that you really don't care.

 

You bloody love Vegas in all its tacky glory so much so you've spent 15 years there and bought a sweet-#ss pad only a matter of miles away from The Strip. I mean, it's not the place I'd spend more than two nights but you do you, Céline.

 

WHO does ballads like you? Who? I’m a sucker for a tearful performance and by God do you give plenty of those. Have you sold out and decided to collaborate with Pitbull or the likes? No. You're owning that genre and we can all be grateful for that.

 

For me though, my love for you really comes down to the many - frankly glorious - memories you've given me. Driving around Edinburgh with my school friends belting out the classics (the guttural lows to the pitch-perfect highs rest assured). The time I was giving it my all (how can you not?) to Think Twice during a particularly stressful work break, unaware that my housemate's incredibly awkward boyfriend (now-ex) was in the other room texting her saying, "I'm not sure she knows that I'm in." The time I quite literally lost my s*** in the O2 alongside my sister (a fan of equal measure) at the pure magic of you. Oh, and the many times my hangover has been nursed back to health by watching your A New Day Has Come Vegas show DVD. Five hours of absolute joy - make no mistake.

 

So, yeah. There you have it. I really do love you, Céline. I really, really do. I never won't. I will play your music to my future children and will continue defending you at dinners to IMHO ill-advised music snobs. You're the gift that just keeps on giving and, yes, I will keep shouting it from the rooftops, singing from my bedroom and screeching out car windows, because that's The Power of Love, isn't it?"

 

So many of us could relate to this heart-written article

[Bruno Portugal]

Celine's "nude" photo it's really everywhere.

In Portugal were Celine is ignored since 2002, her photoshoot for Vogue is in all major publications.

 

Even in "Observador", a respected web journal:

 

http://observador.pt/2017/07/06/celine-dion-posa-nua-para-o-instagram-da-revista-vogue/

 

 

They say that this photo is a sucess at Vogue Instagram and that it shows Celine's beauty and great physic at 49.

 

[scielle]

I can't keep up. These articles are everywhere! Here's another from Anne T. Donahue -

 

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"Céline Dion Is the Patron Saint of Anyone Extra

 

It’s not a rebrand—it’s a renaissance. Céline Dion may now be the Queen of Couture, but Anne T. Donahue argues that crowning is a beacon for any late bloomers still finding their footing

 

Over the weekend, Céline Dion’s ascent into supergod continued with the launch of #celinetakescouture, the hashtag created in celebration of the singer’s attendance at Couture Fashion Week.

And it’s where she belongs. Whether seated next to Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles in the front row, or using her shoe as a phone at the Met Gala, Dion is living her best life and arguably coming into her own through her embrace of high fashion. But even more plainly, she is establishing herself as the poster child for late bloomers everywhere, proving that reinvention isn’t just always possible, it’s yours when you want.

Not that Dion needed a rebrand. By her twenties, she’d already spent years becoming one of Canada’s most valuable musical exports, going on to break chart and sales records before lending her talent to the most important soundtrack in the history of time and space. (Titanic, duh.) So, by the time we began the new millennium, Dion was a force unto herself. She continued to record, to perform and to land a residency in Vegas, and then she tragically lost her husband, and stepped out of the spotlight. Which anyone in her situation would do.

But for reasons I still can’t quite understand, we were surprised that when she re-emerged it was as a couture queen; that her legacy of videos featuring period costumes and controversial red carpet looks were forgotten when she stepped out in lime green Givenchy at Couture Week in 2016 and was hailed as a titan. The thing is, she’s always been a titan—we just finally all caught up to her.

No person has ever been consistently liked or accepted. Whether it was because we were awkward in middle school or too extra as teens, it tends to take years not to care about what other people think—only to, ironically, be accepted and applauded by those people after the fact. But it’s a process. It can take decades to figure out who you are, and then even longer to learn that the merit of your evolution isn’t about the way it’s received. Self-liberation moves at a glacial pace, especially if you’ve always existed on the periphery.

And despite Dion’s popularity and professional success, she has existed largely on the outside. In the ’90s, her voice set her apart from the majority of popular female vocalists, while her alignment with the “adult contemporary” genre left her ballads reserved for school dances, weddings and older audiences. While “My Heart Will Go On” may have accompanied a movie that appealed largely to youth, her sweeping songs couldn’t compete with acts like Britney Spears and BSB who articulated the struggles of being a teen or 20-something—not those of being a grown-#ss woman, married with kids.

But Dion didn’t change to try and sway us. She didn’t bend to what was cool or overhaul her image for the sake of appeasing particular audiences. Instead, she stuck to her path, revelling in being authentically herself. And that’s what makes what we’ve perceived as a comeback so magical: Céline Dion has never been anybody but Céline Dion—we’re just ready to embrace her.

And even Anna Wintour is ready. This week, Vogue lent their Instagram to Dion who posed nude while the caption detailed how hard she works—which is exactly as over-the-top as the recent video of her jumping around and applauding a show as Wintour smiles next to her. “The clothes follow me; I do not follow the clothes,” Dion’s caption assured, establishing her second coming not as a rebrand, but a renaissance.

It’s not only exciting to see a famous singer like Dion celebrated for her enthusiasm, passion, and flair for drama (see: discerning traits), it’s what that celebration represents for the rest of us. The singer may now be the Queen of Couture, but that crowning is a beacon for anyone still finding their footing; for any person still reconciling with who they are versus the person everybody else seems to want. Céline Dion makes emotion, self-expression and vulnerability fine, and as we’ve finally begun to recognize them as admirable traits, she makes it OK for everybody else, too.

Because Dion’s resurgence isn’t fleeting. She isn’t new or re-shaping herself to suit a model that’s been deemed for mass consumption. Instead, she embodies my favourite quote from Planes, Trains & Automobiles as John Candy’s character defends his many eccentricities: “I like me.” And to be one’s self and like one’s self has—and always will be—enough."

[CelineDionFreak]

I can't keep up. These articles are everywhere! Here's another from Anne T. Donahue -

 

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"Céline Dion Is the Patron Saint of Anyone Extra

 

It’s not a rebrand—it’s a renaissance. Céline Dion may now be the Queen of Couture, but Anne T. Donahue argues that crowning is a beacon for any late bloomers still finding their footing

 

Over the weekend, Céline Dion’s ascent into supergod continued with the launch of #celinetakescouture, the hashtag created in celebration of the singer’s attendance at Couture Fashion Week.

And it’s where she belongs. Whether seated next to Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles in the front row, or using her shoe as a phone at the Met Gala, Dion is living her best life and arguably coming into her own through her embrace of high fashion. But even more plainly, she is establishing herself as the poster child for late bloomers everywhere, proving that reinvention isn’t just always possible, it’s yours when you want.

Not that Dion needed a rebrand. By her twenties, she’d already spent years becoming one of Canada’s most valuable musical exports, going on to break chart and sales records before lending her talent to the most important soundtrack in the history of time and space. (Titanic, duh.) So, by the time we began the new millennium, Dion was a force unto herself. She continued to record, to perform and to land a residency in Vegas, and then she tragically lost her husband, and stepped out of the spotlight. Which anyone in her situation would do.

But for reasons I still can’t quite understand, we were surprised that when she re-emerged it was as a couture queen; that her legacy of videos featuring period costumes and controversial red carpet looks were forgotten when she stepped out in lime green Givenchy at Couture Week in 2016 and was hailed as a titan. The thing is, she’s always been a titan—we just finally all caught up to her.

No person has ever been consistently liked or accepted. Whether it was because we were awkward in middle school or too extra as teens, it tends to take years not to care about what other people think—only to, ironically, be accepted and applauded by those people after the fact. But it’s a process. It can take decades to figure out who you are, and then even longer to learn that the merit of your evolution isn’t about the way it’s received. Self-liberation moves at a glacial pace, especially if you’ve always existed on the periphery.

And despite Dion’s popularity and professional success, she has existed largely on the outside. In the ’90s, her voice set her apart from the majority of popular female vocalists, while her alignment with the “adult contemporary” genre left her ballads reserved for school dances, weddings and older audiences. While “My Heart Will Go On” may have accompanied a movie that appealed largely to youth, her sweeping songs couldn’t compete with acts like Britney Spears and BSB who articulated the struggles of being a teen or 20-something—not those of being a grown-#ss woman, married with kids.

But Dion didn’t change to try and sway us. She didn’t bend to what was cool or overhaul her image for the sake of appeasing particular audiences. Instead, she stuck to her path, revelling in being authentically herself. And that’s what makes what we’ve perceived as a comeback so magical: Céline Dion has never been anybody but Céline Dion—we’re just ready to embrace her.

And even Anna Wintour is ready. This week, Vogue lent their Instagram to Dion who posed nude while the caption detailed how hard she works—which is exactly as over-the-top as the recent video of her jumping around and applauding a show as Wintour smiles next to her. “The clothes follow me; I do not follow the clothes,” Dion’s caption assured, establishing her second coming not as a rebrand, but a renaissance.

It’s not only exciting to see a famous singer like Dion celebrated for her enthusiasm, passion, and flair for drama (see: discerning traits), it’s what that celebration represents for the rest of us. The singer may now be the Queen of Couture, but that crowning is a beacon for anyone still finding their footing; for any person still reconciling with who they are versus the person everybody else seems to want. Céline Dion makes emotion, self-exp<b></b>ression and vulnerability fine, and as we’ve finally begun to recognize them as admirable traits, she makes it OK for everybody else, too.

Because Dion’s resurgence isn’t fleeting. She isn’t new or re-shaping herself to suit a model that’s been deemed for mass consumption. Instead, she embodies my favourite quote from Planes, Trains & Automobiles as John Candy’s character defends his many eccentricities: “I like me.” And to be one’s self and like one’s self has—and always will be—enough."

And to be one's self and like one's self has - and always will be - enough. I love this.