{"id":116289,"date":"2026-07-04T17:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/116289\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T17:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:33:50","slug":"celine-dion-says-bonjour-hi-to-new-french-language-single-bonjour-pardon-merci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/116289\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Dion says bonjour-hi to new French-language single Bonjour, Pardon, Merci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Dion\u2019s comeback took another step forward Friday with the release of her second single of the year, Bonjour, Pardon, Merci.<\/p>\n<p>The track was written by French composer and singer-songwriter\u00a0Ycare and recorded in Las Vegas with producer Renaud Rebillaud.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old singer was somewhat mum on her TikTok page, opting for a more traditional promotional rollout compared with her more personable videos earlier in the year, where she commented on amateur covers of her own songs and recommended her favourite artists.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@celinedion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@celinedion?refer=embed\">@celinedion<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>@thatonecubangirl thank you for sharing your voice in such a pure and fearless way.  Your light is inspiring and I\u2019m cheering you on with all my heart. Never stop dreaming! \u2013 Celine xx\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Celine Dion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7608994632176913168?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Celine Dion<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>Dion said in a statement that the song was inspired by a Hawaiian prayer, the Ho\u2019oponopono.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Dion released Dansons, her first French single since the cancellation of\u00a02022 Courage World Tour dates and her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis. <\/p>\n<p>Both tracks are available on streaming, but will come out on a 12-inch vinyl single on Sept 4.<\/p>\n<p>The songs come in advance of her return to the stage with a 16-date residency at Plenitude Arena \u2014 formerly known as Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena \u2014 this September and October.\u00a0Dion will play an additional 10 shows at the same venue the following May.<\/p>\n<p>There are no shows planned for elsewhere at the moment, including Montreal.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Dion\u2019s comeback took another step forward Friday with the release of her second single of the year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[37541,50],"class_list":["post-116289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-celine-dion","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}