Beyoncé reportedly takes issue with Trump using her song

By Jacobs Seaman Odongo | Thursday, August 22, 2024
Beyoncé reportedly takes issue with Trump using her song
Beyonce joins several musicians who have formally objected to Trump's campaign using their songs, including the Rolling Stones, Celine Dion, Adele, Rihanna and the Sinead O’Connor estate.

BBC | Beyoncé has threatened to send a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign after one of the ex-president's aides posted a video which features one of her songs, according to Rolling Stone.

The song in question is Freedom, which Beyoncé formally gave permission to the Harris campaign to use.

On Tuesday, aide Steven Cheung posted 13 seconds of the song playing as Trump exits his plane ahead of a rally in Michigan.

The clip, posted to X/Twitter, is still up.

Multiple musicians have formally objected to Trump's campaign using their songs, including the Rolling Stones, Adele, Rihanna and the Sinead O’Connor estate.

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Last week, Celine Dion's team criticised Trump for the "unauthorised" use of a clip of one of her hits at a presidential campaign event.

The song My Heart Will Go On - which featured in a 1997 film about the doomed ship Titanic - was played to supporters before Trump appeared on stage at a rally in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday.

In a statement released on X, Dion's team said she did not "endorse" the use of the song, adding: "And really, that song?"

Artists and bands including Neil Young, Queen and the Rolling Stones have previously complained about Mr Trump using their songs at campaign rallies.

The statement said: "Today, Celine Dion's management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc, became aware of the unauthorised usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing My Heart Will Go On at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana.

"In no way is this use authorised, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use.

"...And really, that song?"

The Trump campaign has not responded to the statement.

My Heart Will Go On is one of five-time Grammy winner Dion's best-known songs.

The Oscar-winning ballad was on the soundtrack of the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as two lovers who meet on the doomed ship's maiden voyage in 1912.

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