Celine Dion’s version of the Bee Gees’ “Immortality” didn’t feel like a performance. It felt like remembrance. She stood still. No drama. Just a voice carrying weight. Each line landed softly, like she was speaking to someone who wasn’t there anymore. Her phrasing wasn’t perfect on purpose. You could hear the pauses. The breath. The ache she didn’t hide. It stopped being a tribute halfway through and became something more personal. About love that doesn’t leave. About people we keep talking to in our heads long after they’re gone. When the last note faded, nothing rushed in to replace it. Just silence. And the feeling that something real had passed through the room.
In a serendipitous collaboration in 1997, the Bee Gees and Céline Dion came together to create the enchanting ballad “Immortality,”…