Liza Minnelli Defends Using AI for First New Song in 13 Years

Liza Minnelli is defending her new song.

Earlier this week, the 79-year-old EGOT winner debuted her new song “Kids Wait Till You Hear This,” her first single in 13 years, which was created in collaboration with the AI-voicing cloning company ElevenLabs.

Keep reading to find out more…“Hi Kids, I’m happy as a clam, laughing like hell and losing my mind!” Liza wrote on Facebook. “It’s all goin’ on at the time. Today, my first EDM single since The Pet Shop Boys era, released on @elevenlabsio, a Six Billion Dollar techno behemoth does amazing things. Matthew McConaughey was an early investor. Smart.”

“What I will not allow this great company to do? Create, clone or copy my voice!” she continued. “On this dance track, ‘Kids Wait Till You Hear This’ which is a tease for my book, we used AI arrangements. Not AI vocals.”

“A few trolls didn’t bother to read the truth, check with me or my partners. The shout outs are all mine!” Liza wrote. “Go listen, enjoy, and shake your pretty buns to the music, as we glide down the runway to send my book into the world and your very own hot hands.”

The new dance track features Liza speaking various phrases over a techno bear, instead of her traditional singing. The song is one of the 13 tracks on ElevenLabs’ recent The Eleven Album.

In a statement with NBC News, Liza further explained her decision to work with the company, noting that she approved the approach to using her instead of generating her likeness.

“I’ve always believed that music is about connection and emotional truth,” Liza explained. “What interested me here was the idea of using my voice and new tools in service of expression, not instead of it. This project respects the artist’s voice, the artist’s choices, and the artist’s ownership.”

You can listen to Liza Minnelli‘s new song HERE.