{"id":2448861,"date":"2019-09-18T06:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=886393"},"modified":"2019-09-18T06:04:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:04:45","slug":"hear-celine-dions-new-songs-courage-laying-down-imperfections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/hear-celine-dions-new-songs-courage-laying-down-imperfections\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Celine Dion\u2019s New Songs \u2018Courage,\u2019 \u2018Laying Down,\u2019 \u2018Imperfections\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CD_PUB_4.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/celine-dion\/\" id=\"auto-tag_celine-dion\" data-tag=\"celine-dion\">Celine Dion<\/a> has unveiled three new songs: \u201cCourage,\u201d \u201cLaying Down\u201d and \u201cImperfections. \u201d All three songs are slated to appear on her forthcoming album, <em>Courage<\/em>, which will be released on November 15th via Sony Music Entertainment Canada\/Columbia. It\u2019s her first English album in six years. The trio of singles follow her previously released <em>Courage<\/em> track, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/watch-celine-dion-debut-flying-on-my-own-las-vegas-846157\/\">Flying On My Own<\/a>,\u201d which she unveiled on the last night of her 16-year Las Vegas residency in June.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Stephan Moccio, Erik Alcock and Liz Rodrigues, the anthemic \u201cCourage\u201d is about getting yourself back together after a heartbreaking loss. The singer lets her sadness loose: \u201cCourage don\u2019t you fail me now\/ I need you to keep away the doubts\/ I\u2019m staring in the face of something new\/ You\u2019re all I\u2019ve got to hold on to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Written by Ari Leff, Michael Pollack, Nicholas Perloff-Giles and DallasK (who also produced the song), emotional track \u201cImperfections\u201d discusses self-criticism as Dion sings, \u201cI got my own imperfections\/ I got my own set of scars to hide \/ I got my own imperfections\/ I can\u2019t hold your heart when I\u2019m fixing mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6vkuVonK2Q?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort and Sia-penned \u201cLying Down\u201d addresses distancing oneself from toxic relationships. The heart-felt ballad, backed by piano and strings, sees Dion crooning about getting back on your feet after a negative relationship. \u201cYou can\u2019t take this from me,\u201d she howls. \u201cCan\u2019t you see I won\u2019t take this lying down?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5AhjDwMXcR4?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dion embarks on her Courage World Tour tonight for a three-night stand at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She then heads to Montreal for a multi-night stint at the Bell Centre. She kicks off her U.S. tour run on October 18th in Cleveland, Ohio at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, zig-zagging around the country through mid-April 2020 before heading back to Canada. She wraps this leg of her North American tour on April 27th at Bells MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. <em>Courage<\/em> is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/CelineDionCourage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">preorder<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/celine-dion-courage-laying-down-imperfections-songs-listen-886393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celine Dion has unveiled three new songs: \u201cCourage,\u201d \u201cLaying Down\u201d and \u201cImperfections. \u201d All three songs are slated to appear on her forthcoming album, Courage, which will be released on November 15th via Sony Music Entertainment Canada\/Columbia. It\u2019s her first English album in six years. The trio of singles follow her previously released Courage track, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 00:02:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}