By Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Publication Date: 2026-01-22 11:07:00
Liza Minnelli has released her first new music in 13 years, adding vocals to an AI-created dance track.
The track “Kids, Wait Til You Hear This” — also the title of her upcoming memoir — is an unexpected foray into deep house for the 79-year-old Minnelli, adding a handful of spoken explanations to the stirring backdrop.
Minnelli has not released new music since 2013, when she performed a track for the US TV musical Smash, and has shown great confidence in the potential of AI-created music.
On her Facebook page, she called the company behind the track, ElevenLabs, “a six billion dollar techno giant that does amazing things…What I won’t allow this amazing company? Create, clone or copy my voice!…We used AI arrangements. Not AI vocals…The shout-outs are all mine!”
In an accompanying press release, she said, “I’ve always believed that music is about connection and emotional truth. What interested me here was the idea of using my voice and new tools in…”
