Random news, thoughts and common questions about Celine (Part 2)

[CélineI'mAlive]

Keep in mind, the insinuation made by that lawsuit was that she lipsynced all the time, as far back as the LTAL tour. That she would go on stage and they'd just hit play on a prerecorded track and she didn't sing at all. We know that this is an exaggeration. So I don't really know why you are giving this credit. It was clearly a carefully worded allegation designed to cause damage without being explicitly defamatory.

I know it’s during her LTAL tour, although on the internet there are multiple videos showing that she has used quite a lot of playback, at least in her TV performances.

[CélineI'mAlive]

She did not.

Neither did she mention it on any of the accompanying interviews.

I think you’re confused. Even here there are people who said yes.

[actofcontrition]

Celine never talked about playback... and when she said lying at the fans it was about finding excuses to cancel shows for weeks like false throat viral infections

 

[dawn]

She never talked about lip-syncing during the documentary promo, but she talked about it in the past. There is the video:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGDXPdjrCfw

Edited December 14, 2025 at 04:03 PM by dawn

[Unison Addict]

I know it’s during her LTAL tour, although on the internet there are multiple videos showing that she has used quite a lot of playback, at least in her TV performances.

 

Some TV performances required the singer to perform using the studio track. She’s not the only singer to lip in her TV performances, others did as well.

[Unison Addict]

I think you’re confused. Even here there are people who said yes.

 

As someone who has watched the documentary, i can guarantee you that she never mentioned anything about playback in the documentary.

[jolo87]

 

 

As someone who has watched the documentary, i can guarantee you that she never mentioned anything about playback in the documentary.

 

Yeah, she talked about lying about the reasons for cancellations and going out on stage not giving 100%. She talked about making songs easier, lowering keys, and doing other kinds of vocal workarounds.

[woodstock]

Some TV performances required the singer to perform using the studio track. She’s not the only singer to lip in her TV performances, others did as well.

Yeah we know that ("most TV performances" by the way), but you know that Céline has been lipsynching on stage since the early 90s, right ?

[CélineI'mAlive]

Yeah we know that ("most TV performances" by the way), but you know that Céline has been lipsynching on stage since the early 90s, right ?

I don’t mean that she always did playback, but rather that because of her illness, she may have started doing it much earlier than she told us. Because of that, it could perhaps be inferred that she had been suffering from that illness for a long time before, and only René would have known, if anyone at all.

[CélineI'mAlive]

Some TV performances required the singer to perform using the studio track. She’s not the only singer to lip in her TV performances, others did as well.

Yes, I know that. I have relatives who work setting up sound systems for TV, and some studios don’t meet the conditions for artists to sing live, so playback is imposed by the directors or producers of the program. I don’t want to say that Céline is a playback singer—of course not—but that there are some videos where she sounds practically identical to the studio version of the song, for example during the Taking Chances tour or at some concerts in the ’90s. It’s not that it was intentional playback; rather, I think it could be due to her illness. Obviously, these are just my own assumptions. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I don’t mean to say that Céline is a playback singer.

[tshlw]

I don’t mean that she always did playback, but rather that because of her illness, she may have started doing it much earlier than she told us. Because of that, it could perhaps be inferred that she had been suffering from that illness for a long time before, and only René would have known, if anyone at all.

 

She actually talked about using it in her book My Story, My Dream as far back as around 1993/1994. With as many high notes as she sings I see where doing some playback would happen. Most TV shows you do playback on as well. Also with as many TV Shows and live shows she was doing back in the day no way she could have sung live at all of them, no matter how well she trained her voice.

 

I don't think she meant the playback as much when referring to lying to her fans as much as someone said cancelling shows or having to have the audience help sing or lowering the key, or maybe even skipping some songs all together.

[Unison Addict]

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Yeah we know that ("most TV performances" by the way), but you know that Céline has been lipsynching on stage since the early 90s, right ?

 

Yeah i know, But that’s not the point. I was referring to the OP’s sentence about “She has used quite lot of playback, at least in her TV performances”. I’m telling them that most TV programs required the singer to lip to the studio track so the lip synch in TV performances is kind of inevitable and Celine is not the only artist to lip in her TV performances.

Edited December 15, 2025 at 03:05 PM by Unison Addict

[Unison Addict]

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I don’t mean that she always did playback, but rather that because of her illness, she may have started doing it much earlier than she told us. Because of that, it could perhaps be inferred that she had been suffering from that illness for a long time before, and only René would have known, if anyone at all.

 

She has started to use pre-recorded track for her performances sometimes in the Celine Dion album era, which was proven by two Where Does My Heart Beat Now performances from the era so it was far before her illness, as she started to experience the symptoms in 2008.

Edited December 15, 2025 at 03:08 PM by Unison Addict

[tshlw]

Yeah i know, But that’s not the point. I was referring to the OP’s sentence about “She has used quite lot of playback, at least in her TV performances”. I’m telling them that most TV programs required the singer to lip to the studio track so the lip synch in TV performances is kind of inevitable and Celine is not the only artist to lip in her TV performances.

 

 

Yes I was responding to CélineI'mAlive and when it started and yes it was way before her illness. I agree with all you have said. I am in no way judging her for using playback. In Celine's heyday if she had sang live on everything not even sure that would be possible with as many concerts and tv appearances she was doing.

[Unison Addict]

Yes I was responding to CélineI'mAlive and when it started and yes it was way before her illness. I agree with all you have said. I am in no way judging her for using playback. In Celine's heyday if she had sang live on everything not even sure that would be possible with as many concerts and tv appearances she was doing.

 

I was responding to Woodstock’s post

[PuraVida]

Actually, Céline — the voice she uses to record her albums Courage, Encore Un Soir, Loved Me Back to Life, etc. — isn’t really her natural one. She has made it more nasal to protect herself, just as a vocal coach told her back in the ’90s. That’s why the movie Aline makes a small reference to her losing her voice. Céline demands too much from her voice, and that’s why it became more nasal. Even so, in TV shows you can see that on several occasions (if not many), she uses playback for some reason. We all understand that she has very difficult songs, with sustained notes and very high notes, and that’s why she adapts her voice.

 

She had periods where she was more nasal than others even before her symptoms started showing as well. But yes you're right, she also had to adapt her way of singing as her voice got further out of her control from SPS.

[Celine Fan 77]

I recently discovered Mariah's 'Rarities' album and I thought it would be really cool if Sony released a project like this with Céline. I tried to come up with my own concept artwork inspired by Mariah's album. As you'll notice, the first CD would feature deep cuts and unreleased tracks, whilst CD 2 would include a full-length English show from the Let's Talk About Love Tour.

 

As for the first disc, I tried to keep it as realistic as possible, and so in case that any of you guys wants to print these front and back covers to make your own CD, you can with no problems as all these songs are available. It's for this reason that I didn't include songs like Run Like a River, Isabella, the English version of I Believe in You or Drop by Drop.

 

I hope you like it, let me know your thoughts and which songs you would have included!

 

Edit: I would have loved to include front and back covers directly on this post, but the forum won't allow me for some reason, so you just nick to click on both links to see them.

 

 

https://ibb.co/9HRBqNWp

 

https://ibb.co/6c4KHvds

Edited December 20, 2025 at 04:18 PM by Celine Fan 77

[PuraVida]

I recently discovered Mariah's 'Rarities' album and I thought it would be really cool if Sony released a project like this with Céline. I tried to come up with my own concept artwork inspired by Mariah's album. As you'll notice, the first CD would feature deep cuts and unreleased tracks, whilst CD 2 would include a full-length English show from the Let's Talk About Love Tour.

 

As for the first disc, I tried to keep it as realistic as possible, and so in case that any of you guys wants to print these front and back covers to make your own CD, you can with no problems as all these songs are available. It's for this reason that I didn't include songs like Run Like a River, Isabella, the English version of I Believe in You or Drop by Drop.

 

I hope you like it, let me know your thoughts and which songs you would have included!

 

Edit: I would have loved to include front and back covers directly on this post, but the forum won't allow me for some reason, so you just nick to click on both links to see them.

 

 

https://ibb.co/9HRBqNWp

 

https://ibb.co/6c4KHvds

 

looks great! harkens back to late 90s era but still looks fresh... i would love to hear her version of "dream to dream" ... or if she did a demo of "don't wanna miss a thing" (not sure)

[Celine Fan 77]

 

 

looks great! harkens back to late 90s era but still looks fresh... i would love to hear her version of "dream to dream" ... or if she did a demo of "don't wanna miss a thing" (not sure)

 

Thanks! I’m 95% sure Dreams to Dream will come out one day, in many years… The song was in fact recorded by her so it’s possible. As for I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, I highly doubt she got to record a demo, and even if she did, I think it would be a Miracle from God if that one leaked lol

[jolo87]

 

 

Thanks! I’m 95% sure Dreams to Dream will come out one day, in many years… The song was in fact recorded by her so it’s possible. As for I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, I highly doubt she got to record a demo, and even if she did, I think it would be a Miracle from God if that one leaked lol

 

Yeah I don't know how that song could have been offered to Aerosmith in a world where Celine had already recorded a demo 😂

 

Especially then, she was in a position to simply reject or accept songs. She didn't have to record a lot of demos, if any at all.

[jpatdeleon09]

 

 

Yeah I don't know how that song could have been offered to Aerosmith in a world where Celine had already recorded a demo 😂

 

Especially then, she was in a position to simply reject or accept songs. She didn't have to record a lot of demos, if any at all.

 

What?! She already recorded a demo version of “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”?

 

What’s this? Another “Dreams to dream”?

Edited December 21, 2025 at 01:20 PM by jpatdeleon09

[PuraVida]

Ariana Grande did another Celine Dion impersonation on Saturday Night Live

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DShsZ5rCaDl/

[jolo87]

 

 

What?! She already recorded a demo version of “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”?

 

What’s this? Another “Dreams to dream”?

 

Afaik she was offered the song, as she was several other big movie soundtrack themes after Titanic. My understanding is that these were unilateral offers, if she wanted to do the song it was hers. She no longer recorded demos at this point in her career; she was offered songs and either accepted or rejected them. There is almost certainly no demo of a rejected song like I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing.

 

In fact, MHWGO was unusual in that she was asked to record a demo, specifically because James Cameron was unsure about having a pop theme in the first place. Celine almost didn't do it because, among other reasons, she didn't like being asked to do a demo.

[TommKat22]

I wish she had done a demo of There You’ll Be. Would have loved to hear her version!

[CelinesDIVO5]

I’d also love to hear her version of “Heaven’s What I Feel.”

[ryba]

LOL, funny how nothing is going on and we live in the nostalgia of 30 years ago

[PuraVida]

LOL, funny how nothing is going on and we live in the nostalgia of 30 years ago

 

it's true but i think lots of humans are like that

[ryba]

My guess is that Celine is living a happy life as a mom. She lost the momentum of performing and I don't really think that she is worried too much about being on stage. It's more like a passion for her now. She has earned enough money through the years, made some cash with one-off appearences and commercials recently and she is good. It's time to come to terms with the fact that things will not be as they used to be and just accept it, even though it's hard.

[dawn]

We have a special Christmas message from Celine:

 

https://www.instagra.../p/DSp1aT5ESGA/

Edited December 24, 2025 at 05:48 PM by dawn

[marmarara]

Is it her new dog in the video? 💙