Lots of folks’ hearts are going out to the five people who died aboard the Titanic-bound submersible … because they’re playing Celine Dion‘s beloved “Titanic” theme song — a lot.
Celine’s track from the 1997 Oscar-winning movie, “My Heart Will Go On,” is seeing a huge bump on streaming platforms in the wake of the sub tragedy … with over 500,000 streams since the rescue of the missing sub came to an end.
The numbers are pretty incredible … Spotify listeners have played the song 522,864 times since Thursday … with Friday bringing even more streams.
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As you know, the OceanGate sub set out for the Titanic shipwreck early Sunday morning but then it lost all communications, prompting a multinational, days-long search and rescue effort.
The search ended Thursday when a debris field was found on the ocean floor … it appears the sub imploded Sunday morning during its dive down to the Titanic.
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It’s a sad and captivating story, and it seems folks are turning to music to cope with the tragic loss of more life in the Atlantic.
