The uptempo track received positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number two on the sales and airplay charts in Quebec.
[2] Dion recorded five new songs for the film, including "Love Again" released on 13 April 2023, her first new music in four years and since she revealed in December 2022 that she has been struggling with stiff-person syndrome.
[5] In 2019, they also wrote and produced "Soul", which was recorded by Dion for her previous album, Courage and included on its Japanese edition.
[8] Entertainment Focus named "The Gift" an unexpectedly uptempo moment, the kind of which Dion experimented with on her Courage album.
[9] After the soundtrack's release, "The Gift" debuted and peaked at number two on the Quebec Top Sales Songs chart.