New French single : Bonjour, Pardon, Merci - July 3rd, 2026

[MaiconSC]

On 7/24/2026 at 4:24 PM, Shamrock_1982 said:

The Surprise Surprise topic was brought up by other members and yes it’s not bang on topic, but it’s somewhat on topic unlike the previous topic that you are trying to support as a very poor example.  😉

sure darling... whatever makes you happy...

you're so funny... other members were talking about possible duets for the new album (that BPM is part of)... and you were trully offended by the "off topic conversation"...

but now it seems that only you are allowed to go off topic here... well, go on... have a nice day...

[isurrender]

This song is so awful that "Dansons" seems a masterpiece now.

Her pronunciation is very very bad. On the french forum, a big majority dislikes it. Anyway, it’s flopping even harder than "Dansons"...no one cares about it!

At the beginning, most of us had to check the lyrics to know what she says. True Story. 

And don't get me started on the Window 98 made cover! 

Since "Dansons" , Scott is credited as a vocal producer. She never had vocal producer before I think. This is a clear indication that she doesn't want to be guided anymore by the producer of the song. Her vocals are now under her own control ( because Scott or Céline,  that’s the same). 

We barely know what Ycare did actually...because Le Parisien stated that the song was recorded in April , before Ycare went to Vegas. 

The only good thing about the song is it has multiple vocal layers which is rather uncommon for Céline.

Ycare admitted she only did a few takes. Well, we can hear it, Ycare. Lol

And that he wasn't involved in her singing.

This come-back ( shall we really call it that way? I mean she is more absent than when she was on break lol) is so bittersweet. 

So much struggle and work to come back wasted on such poor recorded songs and elusive presence is fascinating at this level lol

 

 

 

[yoyoma88]

I don't know if you people noticed but, I would say most song released from Celine as single after Let's talk about love era is not much about really love songs anymore :

No Power of Love, BYLM, or the theme of love you love me, but it's either empowerment or inspirational for the lovers out there or just general humanity theme

That's the way it is

A New Day Has Come

I'm Alive

Goodbye The Saddest Word

Exception: I drove all night (cover song)

Have you ever been in love

One Heart

Taking Chances

Exception: Alone (cover song)

Loved me back to life (Not sure what this is about to be honest)

Incredible

Parler a mon pere

Encore un soir

Ashes

Imperfections

Courage

Love Again

Dansons

Bonjour Pardon Merci

 

Which makes sense, but i think this is the trend that her team and I believe she feel confident sings this kind of theme rather than heartbreak or falling in love kind of song.

I just wish if they could peak more upbeat and radio friendly songs, less sobby. The mainstream loves That's the way it is and I'm Alive

 

Edited July 25, 2026 at 09:40 PM by yoyoma88

[KyleVan41]

On 7/25/2026 at 3:59 PM, isurrender said:

This song is so awful that "Dansons" seems a masterpiece now.

Her pronunciation is very very bad. On the french forum, a big majority dislikes it. Anyway, it’s flopping even harder than "Dansons"...no one cares about it!

At the beginning, most of us had to check the lyrics to know what she says. True Story. 

And don't get me started on the Window 98 made cover! 

Since "Dansons" , Scott is credited as a vocal producer. She never had vocal producer before I think. This is a clear indication that she doesn't want to be guided anymore by the producer of the song. Her vocals are now under her own control ( because Scott or Céline,  that’s the same). 

We barely know what Ycare did actually...because Le Parisien stated that the song was recorded in April , before Ycare went to Vegas. 

The only good thing about the song is it has multiple vocal layers which is rather uncommon for Céline.

Ycare admitted she only did a few takes. Well, we can hear it, Ycare. Lol

And that he wasn't involved in her singing.

This come-back ( shall we really call it that way? I mean she is more absent than when she was on break lol) is so bittersweet. 

So much struggle and work to come back wasted on such poor recorded songs and elusive presence is fascinating at this level lol

 

 

 

I really don’t know what you’re hearing but I love it and it’s actually grown on me.

She’s rehearsing for Vegas we’ll see more of her in fall.

[LukeD]

It is the opposite for me. I cannot get used to BPM. Sorry for being negative, but if I made a Top 10 list of her weakest French songs I'd include it. 😬

[Céline RO]

On 7/26/2026 at 12:39 AM, yoyoma88 said:

I don't know if you people noticed but, I would say most song released from Celine as single after Let's talk about love era is not much about really love songs anymore :

No Power of Love, BYLM, or the theme of love you love me, but it's either empowerment or inspirational for the lovers out there or just general humanity theme

That's the way it is

A New Day Has Come

I'm Alive

Goodbye The Saddest Word

Exception: I drove all night (cover song)

Have you ever been in love

One Heart

Taking Chances

Exception: Alone (cover song)

Loved me back to life (Not sure what this is about to be honest)

Incredible

Parler a mon pere

Encore un soir

Ashes

Imperfections

Courage

Love Again

Dansons

Bonjour Pardon Merci

 

Which makes sense, but i think this is the trend that her team and I believe she feel confident sings this kind of theme rather than heartbreak or falling in love kind of song.

I just wish if they could peak more upbeat and radio friendly songs, less sobby. The mainstream loves That's the way it is and I'm Alive

 

True. A lot of her songs since MHWGO seem to be about courage and resilience. It’s definitely her defining spirit!

[Alex_Incognito]

I miss her songs about heart break and romance. I miss it a lot .  I miss when she was younger and would talk about creating a movie in her head and sing about it. Perhaps there is the reason why she doesn't connect as much to her music.

[ordinary fan]

On 7/26/2026 at 7:43 AM, LukeD said:

It is the opposite for me. I cannot get used to BPM. Sorry for being negative, but if I made a Top 10 list of her weakest French songs I'd include it. 😬

Funny enough it would be in the top 10 of my favorite French songs from her  

Taste is different  

And I'm sure that we'll see her very very soon out and about giving the fact the first show is in less than two months 

[Nmj]

On 7/26/2026 at 12:52 PM, Alex_Incognito said:

I miss her songs about heart break and romance. I miss it a lot .  I miss when she was younger and would talk about creating a movie in her head and sing about it. Perhaps there is the reason why she doesn't connect as much to her music.

And she chooses to sing “Another One Bites The Dust” instead of “I Love You, Goodbye”… 😂 

She must connect with that more  🙈 

[queenofvegas]

She grew up listening to classic rock and soul mostly. Those are the artists she always brings up as her main influences. She obviously prefers that kind of music and the huge romantic love ballads are mostly an image that her label created. That's her signature style that she's known for and that got her famous. Obviously as an almost 60 year old woman she is not going to connect with that music as much anymore. It makes perfect sense that she would drift away from that style. You can hear the rock elements come into many of her performances especially back in the 90s. She's said several times that she wished her voice was more raspy and soulful. I think she said this recently in the documentary. Most of the covers in her shows through the years have been rock. 

[Alex_Incognito]

On 7/26/2026 at 6:24 PM, queenofvegas said:

 Obviously as an almost 60 year old woman she is not going to connect with that music as much anymore. It makes perfect sense that she would drift away from that style. 

No. It is not obvious. This is not a case of elementary, Dr. Watson.

Why doesn't she sing this type of song? Not because she has changed or because you think she's an old woman, it's because song writers aren't proposing her good songs.  Otherwise she'd be singing those.  

Frankly I don't think she's listening to any demos or concerned about what songs she is being proposed. She'll sing whatever they put in front of her for her contract.  She needs another visionary like Rene. Someone who knows where her powers can be found.

Furthermore, her covers on tour have nothing to do with her recording career. She chooses songs she has fun singing. I kind of think if she was given carte blanche to record an album, she'd do a cover album.  Céline and René were a packaged deal -  and without René, what he brought to the table is very much missed 

Edited July 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM by Alex_Incognito

[queenofvegas]

On 7/26/2026 at 4:43 PM, Alex_Incognito said:

No. It is not obvious. This is not a case of elementary, Dr. Watson.

Why doesn't she sing this type of song? Not because she has changed or because you think she's an old woman, it's because song writers aren't proposing her good songs.  Otherwise she'd be singing those.  

Frankly I don't think she's listening to any demos or concerned about what songs she is being proposed. She'll sing whatever they put in front of her for her contract.  She needs another visionary like Rene. Someone who knows where her powers can be found.

Furthermore, her covers on tour have nothing to do with her recording career. She chooses songs she has fun singing. I kind of think if she was given carte blanche to record an album, she'd do a cover album.  Céline and René were a packaged deal -  and without René, what he brought to the table is very much missed 

Damn what’s with the attitude that was extremely rude. The songs she chooses to sing as covers in her shows absolutely tell us the kind of music she likes because there is a consistent pattern. And she has said this numerous times in interviews when she talks about her artistic influences. It is completely different from performing a song that is a hit and everyone expects, and the singles to promote an album. When she records music she sings what is given to her and those are carefully selected by her label and management. She has more recording freedom these days because she is older and has more power in making those decisions so her music style has drifted naturally. 

[Alex_Incognito]

Sorry if that came across as rude. Words like "obviously" when it's an opinion y3ns to trigger me.   But I guess since she really hasn't recorded much in the last 20 years (3 French and 3 English) it's hard to say there's a trend.

Edited July 27, 2026 at 12:33 AM by Alex_Incognito

[Del]

On 7/26/2026 at 8:43 PM, Alex_Incognito said:

Frankly I don't think she's listening to any demos or concerned about what songs she is being proposed. She'll sing whatever they put in front of her for her contract.  She needs another visionary like Rene. Someone who knows where her powers can be found.

As key as Rene was in her career I felt that he had lost some of his touch in the last few years he managed her career. At one point everything they touched turned to gold and  in the later years it’s as if they couldn’t figure out what to do.  The figuring it out seems to continue, more so for her English career than her French one.
 

As for songs being presented to her, I believe the best songs are sent to artists that will make it hit number one and her team doesn’t even get to pick from them.  Song structures have changed and even the best ones, aren’t the quality they used to be unfortunately.  This just highlights the bad ones even more. 

[Celine Fan 77]

Not sure if you guys feel the same, but for some reason this song reminds me of “Si c’était à refaire”. Hopefully she’ll ad some extra ad-libs in live performances!

[LukeD]

I think Rene lost touch in mid 00s, he was never capable of helping Celine adjust to the changing music landscape and evolve her music. ANDHC was an excellent comeback album and then the 'A New Day' residency made history, arguably being the most successful and influential residency ever. 'One Heart' was a record to keep the label happy, a gift to the fans, it included leftovers mostly, but was a solid album considering its timing. Celine had just released ANDHC the year before and released the excellent 1F&4T later in 2003, so things were going well. However, after this, I am feeling Rene could not predict how important digital sales would become and singles sales too. There was never a focus on single sales which dominate charts nowadays. This was also seen in the 10s where streaming and singles success directly impacted how successful an album was going to be. We are living in an era where 'singles artists' benefit so much from the way in which music is consumed. Celine clearly falls short in that domain, and I think that this is something a good manager should have foreseen. I also disagree with how 'Miracle', 'Taking Chances' and 'Loved Me Back To Life' were put together, I have issues both in terms of their content and structure. 

Now in terms of her catalogue, it is good to see Celine picking songs she enjoys singing on tour. However, her true talent is singing ballads. She is good at other genres, just not as good as when she is singing ballads. And this is the type of song that resonated with audiences more. After ANDHC that featured several amazing ballads, I cannot recall a single album to be ballads-heavy, and, importantly, the few ballads since then were not of great quality, IMO. And this also shows to me how Rene lost his touch. We do not see an evolution of the ballads genre looking at her career post ANDHC, and this was a missed opportunity considering the success of Adele. In my view, there was scope to release ballad heavy albums, do more collaborations with artists, and also include other genres to make each record more diverse. They only did the latter with 'Taking Chances' and that's about it. With the success of Vegas, they kind of settled and that limited their artistic ambition. To me, that is clear.

Edited July 27, 2026 at 05:07 AM by LukeD

[emiliejolie]

Or we can just assume that a career  has a life cycle : beginnings, rise, fall and death.

Celine's career rose from 1981 to 2000. Then she "just" had to maintain the level, what is much more difficult than rising, and for every group or singer, impossible to do.

So Céline tries to surf the wave, proposing different types of music, that would keep curiosity high and still remain commercially easy to sell.

A career as a company has to  build a clear identity to sell : that's was for Celine as for any other singer. I wouldn't say that René or Celine did not know how to reinvent her style mid 00. Celine's identity wasn't clearly the fresh meat of these times anymore and she will never be again.

Celine grew up surrounded by Quebec folkore, chanson française, and the international big names of the 70's. Having influences does not mean you can make them your own. And when Celine covers songs she likes in concerts, it's great because it's new but to be honest she is far from her best  ( Purple rain, Kiss, Love of my life et so on)

She is now an icon because the children that idolized her are now adults, consumers, and buy  music that emotionally remind them their childhood. It is said that the music we mostly love our whole life is the one we listened as teenagers. ( Well for me it works, I am stuck in the 90's and I have to admit that I have no interest for today's music. But being perfectly honest,  we wouldn't know who is Celine and what she did in the past... would we listen to her last 20 years production ???? I guess no.

Celine is an icon like Madonna, The Rolling Stone, The Cure, she will always attracted people by who she was and did, and no more by what she does now. 

The image of Celine, what she represents has taken precedence over the person she is  a woman that grows, changes, ages. Her career, her legend have surpassed the woman.

 

 

 

[Céline RO]

On 7/27/2026 at 7:47 AM, Celine Fan 77 said:

Not sure if you guys feel the same, but for some reason this song reminds me of “Si c’était à refaire”. Hopefully she’ll ad some extra ad-libs in live performances!

That’s if* she ever performs it live…

[Céline RO]

On 7/27/2026 at 12:00 PM, emiliejolie said:

And when Celine covers songs she likes in concerts, it's great because it's new but to be honest she is far from her best  ( Purple rain, Kiss, Love of my life et so on)

I actually tend to prefer Céline’s cover versions to the original ones. I think her covers of “Purple Rain”, TSMGO, RDMH and maybe even “You’re the Voice” are spectacular, better than the originals—they just sounds REALLY good sung by a woman, especially Céline.

[Céline RO]

I could think of many more: CHFIL, “Quand on n’a que l’amour”, “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”…

[emiliejolie]

On 7/27/2026 at 11:05 AM, Céline RO said:

I actually tend to prefer Céline’s cover versions to the original ones. I think her covers of “Purple Rain”, TSMGO, RDMH and maybe even “You’re the Voice” are spectacular, better than the originals—they just sounds REALLY good sung by a woman, especially Céline.

You are so right in one way : Celine is at her best when she covers songs that are ballads : By the way half of her biggest hits are covers. But when she covers songs that are not ballads, actually to me, it sounds 🙄 Purple rain or kiss 😰

[Celine Fan 77]

On 7/27/2026 at 10:00 AM, Céline RO said:

That’s if* she ever performs it live…

You have a point. However, I'm feeling quite positive this time about the new songs being performed live. I was talking about this with a friend this weekend. I have a feeling she'll perform the 3 new singles live during the Paris concerts (she's supposed to release a third one around the start of the residency I believe). Time will tell!

[Nmj]

On 7/27/2026 at 9:14 AM, Celine Fan 77 said:

You have a point. However, I'm feeling quite positive this time about the new songs being performed live. I was talking about this with a friend this weekend. I have a feeling she'll perform the 3 new singles live during the Paris concerts (she's supposed to release a third one around the start of the residency I believe). Time will tell!

She clearly will. They made these songs in a manner that probably will be easier for her to sing live. I don’t see them NOT capitalizing on it. But this is team Celine after all 😂 

[symon]

Has the song been slown down on Spotify ? I see 3:10 when it was 3:00. And it seems more natural, less rushed

[Nmj]

On 7/27/2026 at 12:53 PM, symon said:

Has the song been slown down on Spotify ? I see 3:10 when it was 3:00. And it seems more natural, less rushed

Oh my god they did slow down the verses especially… thank god that was my only *bi t ch* about the song… it sounds MUCH better and I’d assume it will be what it sounds like live!  

Edited July 27, 2026 at 05:04 PM by Nmj

[symon]

The song seems now "natural" to my ears. A shame they ruined it first. I m sure people would have been happy to listen to it. As a french fan, I can say her voice on this song is very similar as the one on EUS album. With the pronunciation of songs like "tous les secrets", or "plus qu ailleurs" : very bad. But now that it has been slown down, it s ok. She sounds like 10 years ago. We can be so happy.

Edited July 27, 2026 at 05:13 PM by symon

[yoyoma88]

On 7/27/2026 at 1:01 PM, Nmj said:

Oh my god they did slow down the verses especially… thank god that was my only *bi t ch* about the song… it sounds MUCH better and I’d assume it will be what it sounds like live!  

It's not slowed down. It's still the same, it has been always 3:10 not 3:00.
You can check with all the youtube upload from the last few weeks, all of them are in 3:10 or 3:11 mark duration

[Ajax]

Anyway, since the song is fundamentally bad, it doesn’t work miracles either. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever get over the combination of the vocals, the pronunciation, the lyrics, the production, and the music. Nothing works!

Ewwww… aleewwwr… with that huge, overblown voice.

Then, Spotify automatically played Dansons. It’s not the song of the century, but damn, she actually takes her time. The timbre is purer, higher, and brighter. What a relief! You can hear a bit of the Sans attendre, SSDA tone coming back. It’s just a shame that the heavily processed sound suggests it still takes quite a bit of studio treatment to get even that result.

[Céline RO]

On 7/27/2026 at 4:14 PM, Celine Fan 77 said:

You have a point. However, I'm feeling quite positive this time about the new songs being performed live. I was talking about this with a friend this weekend. I have a feeling she'll perform the 3 new singles live during the Paris concerts (she's supposed to release a third one around the start of the residency I believe). Time will tell!

I don’t know if I should hope that you’re right or that she doesn’t perform the songs. While I’ve always been for performing new material, if we’re going to get a limited setlist (and not knowing how many occasions to her hear sing any song we’re going to get) I wouldn’t want to miss on potentially awesome performances of her many amazing songs from the past. Let’s face it, at least the first two new singles are not among the best 20-25 songs of her career.

Can’t wait to see what they’ve come up with for this show!

Edited July 27, 2026 at 06:02 PM by Céline RO

[ordinary fan]

On 7/27/2026 at 7:55 PM, Ajax said:

Anyway, since the song is fundamentally bad, it doesn’t work miracles either. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever get over the combination of the vocals, the pronunciation, the lyrics, the production, and the music. Nothing works!

Ewwww… aleewwwr… with that huge, overblown voice.

Then, Spotify automatically played Dansons. It’s not the song of the century, but damn, she actually takes her time. The timbre is purer, higher, and brighter. What a relief! You can hear a bit of the Sans attendre, SSDA tone coming back. It’s just a shame that the heavily processed sound suggests it still takes quite a bit of studio treatment to get even that result.

I get that you don't like the song but is is really necessary to point this out in every single post? Many on here actually do like the song quite much. For example the "Ewwwww... aleewwwr..." sound you are describing is something really classic Celine for me and it really puts on a smile on my face when I listen to her at the beginning of the song, it's like a warm hug saying "hello again" for me. Maybe we can move on and accept that first: taste is different and second: she will never please everybody. 

No one needs to listen to songs they don't like, neither Celine pushes you to do so  

Edited July 27, 2026 at 06:05 PM by ordinary fan