--- title: Celine Dion Instagram Post Become's Summer 2018s Best Meme description: Celine Dion's epic Instagram has inspired the Internet's latest meme, which features potential mixtape titles for the legendary singer. canonical: https://time.com/5347065/celine-dion-meme/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-24T15:17:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:00.624Z og:title: Celine Dion's Power Pose Has Become One of the Best Memes og:description: All hail Queen Céline og:url: https://time.com/5347065/celine-dion-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5917eee06f41acb0/69893610096a94d7ed6a2fb7/celine-dion-mixtape-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celine Dion leaves her hotel in Paris og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celine Dion's Power Pose Has Become One of the Best Memes twitter:description: All hail Queen Céline twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5917eee06f41acb0/69893610096a94d7ed6a2fb7/celine-dion-mixtape-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Céline Dion's Power Pose Photo Has Become One of the Best Memes of Summer 2018 > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Mehdi Taamallah/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 24, 2018 3:17 PM UTC Although [Céline Dion](http://time.com/5096849/celine-dion-stage-rush/) has long been confirmed as a diva extraordinaire, a Las Vegas legend, and [a street style star](http://time.com/4845074/paris-fashion-week-celine-dion/), she’s recently joined the ranks of the Internet’s elite: she’s the subject of a [viral meme](http://time.com/5346281/mia-paper-planes-memes/). After Dion posted an epic Instagram of herself clad in a bright yellow suit and some serious shades, hitting a major power stance against the skyline of Bangkok, the Internet understandably had all of the feelings. Many were struck by Dion’s bossy pose, none more so that Matthew Cherry, who took to Twitter to ask his followers a very important question about Céline’s awe-worthy Instagram. > [](https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1021564116367036416) The Internet did not disappoint, rising to the challenge of Cherry’s query with plenty of hilarious and witty Céline-themed responses. > [](https://twitter.com/mrmedina/status/1021582923936354305) > [](https://twitter.com/CarmillaLusta/status/1021586311952531461) > [](https://twitter.com/Wana%5F%5F%5F%5F/status/1021685906334466049) > [](https://twitter.com/rhodesmachina/status/1021597281731133442) > [](https://twitter.com/inf/status/1021592950801920000) > [](https://twitter.com/Breezy2345/status/1021588316402184193) This Twitter user’s response might have been the most apropos, however. > [](https://twitter.com/DemiMF99/status/1021572201189986305) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5347065/celine-dion-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5347065/celine-dion-meme/"},"headline":"Céline Dion's Power Pose Photo Has Become One of the Best Memes of Summer 2018","datePublished":"2018-07-24T15:17:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:00.624Z","description":"Celine Dion's epic Instagram has inspired the Internet's latest meme, which features potential mixtape titles for the legendary singer.","url":"https://time.com/5347065/celine-dion-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5917eee06f41acb0/69893610096a94d7ed6a2fb7/celine-dion-mixtape-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5917eee06f41acb0/69893610096a94d7ed6a2fb7/celine-dion-mixtape-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celine Dion leaves her hotel in Paris","caption":"Celine Dion leaves her hotel in Paris","creditText":"NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5347065/celine-dion-meme/","name":"Céline Dion's Power Pose Photo Has Become One of the Best Memes of Summer 2018"}}]}] ```