{"id":17803,"date":"2025-02-21T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/chantal-kreviazuk-changes-canadian-anthem-lyric-to-protest-trump-remarks-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:59:37","slug":"chantal-kreviazuk-changes-canadian-anthem-lyric-to-protest-trump-remarks-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/chantal-kreviazuk-changes-canadian-anthem-lyric-to-protest-trump-remarks-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Chantal Kreviazuk changes Canadian anthem lyric to protest Trump remarks – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off<\/a> championship game Thursday night<\/a> changed a lyric in \u201cO Canada\u201d as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated remarks about making the country the 51st state.<\/p>\n

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Publicist Adam Gonshor in an email to The Associated Press confirmed Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyric from \u201cin all of us command\u201d to \u201cthat only us command\u201d and confirmed Trump\u2019s 51st state comments were the reason why. During Canada\u2019s 3-2 overtime victory, Kreviazuk told the AP she did it \u201cbecause I believe in democracy, and a sovereign nation should not have to be defending itself against tyranny and fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m somebody who grew up on music that spoke to the heart and the moment, and it shaped me as a songwriter and really as a human being,\u201d she added. \u201cI don\u2019t think it would be authentic to me to be given a world stage and not express myself and be true to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kreviazuk, who is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, also wrote the phrase \u201cthat only us command\u201d with mascara on her left hand. She posted a picture of that on her Instagram with emojis of a Canadian flag and a flexed muscle.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just put it on there so if I ever had a moment and I kind of froze, I would be able to look at my hand and see it,\u201d Kreviazuk said. \u201cI\u2019d love to see people sort of get inspired and catch the fire and say their heart more in their art. \u2026 Sometimes you just got to speak the truth in your art and it\u2019s awesome. That\u2019s what it should be about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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