Celine Dion on the End of Her Las Vegas Show, New Album, and Raising Three Kids
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Back on the night of our interview, it was late—11:30 p.m.—when we sat down to talk. She runs on Vegas time. Surely she needs a reset. Nope. “Céline Dion is work work work work work,” she sang. She’s in the process of recording a new album. “I have about 675 songs, and I want to sing them all!” she told me. “I had a great time when I recorded 20 years ago, but now I really feel like I can speak up. If I’m not part of my own project, what am I doing here? Crying at Valentino and spending money on clothes?” Last November, she launched Celinununu, a line of gender-neutral children’s clothing in partnership with Nununu. Her aim is to help “young kids to be who they are, express themselves.” And, according to her, the clothes smell great. “They have a scent! I don’t know, go to the store—they smell amazing.” Her oldest, René-Charles, is 18 now. He’s protective of her, as she is of all three of her boys. “I want them to be good kids, good men,” she said. “Later in life, maybe they’ll come to me and say, How am I going to find my right woman? Well, who are you? Do you respect yourself? Are you generous? Are you kind? Are you aware?”
Two movies about Céline’s life are currently in development. And on September 18, she’ll kick off her Courage World Tour. The lights will have barely cooled at the Colosseum before she’s back in front of her adoring fans. Still, she says that the end of Céline is “bittersweet, because it is a closure. This whole project started as a dream for René and me, but you know what? It’s a book. And in life, there are many books. So maybe we’ll meet again and talk about the next book, I hope?” For now, she has no plans to relocate. “I’m not even thinking about leaving. I think I can stay as long as I want, if Las Vegas will want me to stay. I’ll ask them.” The answer is obvious. Vegas needs the rain—and baby, she’s worth it.
Green Swarovski dress at top, Alexandre Vauthier Couture. Dress on the cover, Valentino Haute Couture.
Hair by Stephane Lancien for L'Oréal Paris; makeup by Val Garland for L'Oréal Paris; manicure by Tiffany Walker; produced by Ben Bonnet at Westy Productions.