00:00The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are underway and Taylor,
00:03Celine, Gaga and Gwen are all reportedly involved.
00:12But who gets paid when Simone Biles uses Taylor Swift's song in her floor routine?
00:16Are you ready for it?
00:21Well, NBC, who airs the global event, pays a blanket fee to ASCAP,
00:24BMI and SESAC, who licenses music to cover any potential music that airs during their live
00:30broadcast. A song we know we'll hear during the broadcast is Hello World by Gwen Stefani
00:35and Anderson .Paak. They even work with Ryan Tedder on the lyrics and it's already getting
00:45us in the Olympic mood ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony.
00:54Speaking of, according to French journalist Thierry Moreau, Celine Dion and Lady Gaga
00:59are teaming up to perform Edith Piaf's La Vie en Rose at the opening ceremony.
01:09Billboard reached out to both when rumors first surfaced but did not hear back from either party.
01:15It would be the first performance from Dion since revealing her Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis.
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