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Quebec superstar Céline Dion makes New Year’s resolutions like the rest of us, and apparently hers is to post on TikTok more often.
On Monday, Dion appeared on the social media app to declare to her more than 4.5 million followers “TikTok, here I come.” Based on the video and caption, the decision to post more regularly (she has had an official account for a while) comes at the behest of her team and her children.
“They told me, ‘Celine, it’s time…’ the caption says. “I asked, ‘Time for what?’ Turns out … something completely new. My team then said they’d handle everything, handed me back my phone, and then quietly disappeared. So here I am, learning how this TikTok world works … one video at a time! Thank you for being here, I’m glad we’re here together.”
The video, in which she’s wearing a Celine brand hoodie (unrelated) with the Vegas skyline as a backdrop, begins with the 57-year-old introducing herself: “My name is Céline. How old am I?” That’s followed by an impression of her kids telling her to join TikTok.
“Suddenly, I’m becoming cool,” she said. “Céline Dion is cool. That’s amazing.”
It’s not her first viral moment on the app. In December, she posted a video in which she dressed up as the Grinch that has been viewed 1.8 million times. Prior to that, her account was mostly archival footage, old music videos and the occasional holiday greeting.
Although Dion has largely stepped back from the limelight since announcing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis in 2022, she has made sporadic appearances, including the Summer Olympics in Paris and the Grammy Awards, both in 2024.
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