{"id":2691746,"date":"2026-10-26T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-alters-national-anthem-lyrics-before-nfl-game-to-send-pro-immigrant-message\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:24:02","slug":"singer-alters-national-anthem-lyrics-before-nfl-game-to-send-pro-immigrant-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-alters-national-anthem-lyrics-before-nfl-game-to-send-pro-immigrant-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Alters National Anthem Lyrics Before NFL Game to Send Pro-Immigrant Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsinger-alters-national-anthem-lyrics-before-nfl-game-to-send-pro-immigrant-message%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2691746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Backlash is brewing in France over the decision by\u00a0French-Canadian singer and songwriter Nina Tonji to alter the words of France\u2019s national anthem, \u201cLa Marseillaise,\u201d before singing it to a stadium full of people.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-wild-monday-night-football-game-ends-field-punch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL game<\/a> Sunday between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Saints at the Stade de France in Paris, Tonji sang a slightly modified version of \u201cLa Marseillaise\u201d just before the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nina Tonji performs the national anthem of France live from @StadeFrance \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 @NFLFrance<\/p>\n<p>PITvsNO on NFL Network<br \/> Stream on @NFLPlus https:\/\/t.co\/1JBfVCNsfz<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFL\/status\/2114348861128867875?\">October 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/nfl-french-national-anthem-performer-nina-tonji-alters-words-la-marseillaise-sparking-outrage-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, Tonji changed the song lyrics \u201cQu\u2019un sang impur abreuve nos sillons!\u201d to \u201cQu\u2019un sang uni abreuve nos sillons!\u201d in what the network described as a likely \u201cpolitical\u201d move.<\/p>\n<p>The original meaning of the lyrics was \u201cMay impure blood water our furrows\/fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the revolutionary context of La Marseillaise, \u2018impure blood\u2019 referred to enemies and traitors \u2013 particularly French immigrants fighting alongside foreign armies,\u201d according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The meaning of the remixed line was \u201cMay united blood water our furrows\/fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReplacing impur (\u2018impure\u2019) with uni (\u2018united\u2019) changes the meaning of the passage from a call for enemy blood to nourish France\u2019s soil into an appeal for national unity and solidarity that includes immigrants to nourish France\u2019s soil,\u201d Fox News noted.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Tonji altered France\u2019s national anthem so that instead of being, in part, about violently excluding foreign enemies, it became instead about finding unity with foreigners and immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The outrage has been especially loud on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Yves Bourdillon, a prominent journalist for the French financial and economic newspaper Les Echos, wondered in a post published to the social media site X how Tonji would react if someone altered Canada\u2019s national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I]t would be interesting to see the look on her face if we rewrote the Canadian anthem,\u201d he wrote in French, according to a translation from X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">La chanteuse canadienne Nina Tonji s\u2019est cru autoris\u00e9e \u00e0 changer les paroles de la Marseillaise en la chantant hier lors du premier match de NFL en France, car elle n\u2019aime pas le mot \u201cimpur\u201d (qui \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque n\u2019avait aucune signification raciale, il d\u00e9signait les ennemis, traitres, aristos, etc). Elle l\u2019a remplac\u00e9 par le mot \u201cuni\u201d, qui n\u2019a aucun sens, puisque cens\u00e9 \u00eatre positif (nous sommes tous unis, tout) alors qu\u2019il s\u2019agit quand m\u00eame du sang d\u2019ennemi. Bref, il serait int\u00e9ressant de voir la t\u00eate qu\u2019elle ferait si on r\u00e9\u00e9crivait l\u2019hymne canadien, dont voici la version sugg\u00e9r\u00e9e par Canard Hirsute, vu que les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences \u00e0 la religion et aux anc\u00eatres sont d\u00e9plaisantes (je joins aussi le texte authentique);<\/p>\n<p>\u00d4 Canada !<br \/> Terre de nos amis,<br \/> Ton front est ceint de fleurons durables !<br \/> Car ton bras sait porter des tracts \u00e9pais<br \/> Il sait porter croix et croissant !<br \/> Ton histoire est une \u00e9pop\u00e9e<br \/> Des plus brillantes int\u00e9grations.<br \/> Et ta valeur, de wokisme tremp\u00e9e,<br \/> Prot\u00e9gera nos communaut\u00e9s et nos joies.<br \/> Prot\u00e9gera nos communaut\u00e9s et nos joies<\/p>\n<p>version authentique<br \/> \u00d4 Canada !<br \/> Terre de nos a\u00efeux,<br \/> Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux !<br \/> Car ton bras sait porter l\u2019\u00e9p\u00e9e,<br \/> Il sait porter la croix !<br \/> Ton histoire est une \u00e9pop\u00e9e<br \/> Des plus brillants exploits.<br \/> Et ta valeur, de foi tremp\u00e9e,<br \/> Prot\u00e9gera nos foyers et nos droits.<br \/> Prot\u00e9gera nos foyers et nos droit<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yves Bourdillon (@yvesbourdillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yvesbourdillon\/status\/2114641278247801096?\">October 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> Mathieu Bock-C\u00f4t\u00e9, a widely known intellectual, sociologist, and media personality who\u2019s reportedly famous in both Canada and France, suggested in an X post that Tonji doesn\u2019t know how to sing and doesn\u2019t respect France\u2019s national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, they could choose someone who knows how to sing,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mbockcote\/status\/2114616164860977466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an X post written in French, according to an X translation. \u201cSecond, that person could respect the spirit of the Marseillaise, the traditional way of singing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThird, she could avoid modifying the lyrics of the national anthem as if it belonged to her, as if she had the right to do so,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/nfl-french-national-anthem-performer-nina-tonji-alters-words-la-marseillaise-sparking-outrage-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> suggested in its reporting that the NFL could prevent future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ingrid-andress-brutally-mocked-drunk-national-anthem-apology-just-made-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scenarios like this<\/a> by forcing \u201cartists to sign binding contracts that demand they perform the songs [they\u2019re assigned to sing] as written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All this comes days after American NBA star LeBron James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebron-james-gets-roasted-disrespect-national-anthem-shows-gratitude\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disrespected<\/a> America\u2019s own national anthem.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form method=\"post\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); window.WJFormsSecure ? 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