Several well-known music artists have turned to ElevenLabs‘ AI as a virtual muse — and record producer.
ElevenLabs on Wednesday launched “The Eleven Album,” which the artificial-intelligence audio research and product company touted as the result of an unprecedented partnership with flesh-and-blood artists — like Liza Minelli and Art Garfunkel — to “co-create” original music with its AI-based model for generating “studio-quality compositions.” The album is available to stream at elevenlabs.io/eleven-album and on Spotify.
According to the company, its Eleven Music system can generate full compositions from simple prompts and can help artists “spark new ideas and accelerate their creative workflows.” The Eleven Music model also can let musicians edit tracks with “granular control,” adjusting lyrics, timing and instrumentation, as well as download up to six studio-quality stems for additional mixing and arrangement.
Eleven Music lets artists “use AI to expand their creative range while maintaining full authorship and commercial rights,” according to ElevenLabs. The artists who participated in “The Eleven Album” project released their tracks through their own streaming channels, which ensures “all streaming revenue goes back to the artists, reflecting ElevenLabs’ commitment to creator control, consent and fair compensation.”
“The Eleven Album” project spans multiple genres, including rap, pop, R&B and EDM. The album includes original tracks from Liza Minnelli; Art Garfunkel; Patrick Patrikios; Willonius; IAMSU!; Demitri Leiros; Emily Falvey; Sunsetto; Kondzilla; Chris Lyons; Michael Feinstein; and AI music artists Kai and Angelbaby.
Minelli’s track, “Kids Wait Till You Hear This,” is an EDM track that features her repeating the title and the phrase, “All eyes on you,” ending with: “All eyes on me.” (It’s her actual voice — not an AI re-creation, according to her rep.)
Minnelli, 79, in a statement provided by ElevenLabs, 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 service of expression, not instead of it. This project respects the artist’s voice, the artist’s choices, and the artist’s ownership. I grew up watching my parents create wonderful dreams that were owned by other people. ElevenLabs makes it possible for anyone to be a creator and owner. That matters.”
Meanwhile, Garfunkel’s “Authorship” is a spoken-word track, backed by a gentle piano melody and the sound of falling rain “Music has always evolved alongside technology, from microphones to multitrack recording,” Garfunkel, the 84-year-old singer-songwriter who was once a close collaborator with Paul Simon, said in a statement. “What impressed me about this experience was the respect for musicianship. The human remains at the center. My voice plus the technology simply opens another door.”
Both Minelli and Garfunkel are participants in ElevenLabs’ Iconic Voice Marketplace, which lets companies request access to AI-generated voices of celebrities for campaigns, partnerships and creative initiatives.
ElevenLabs previously announced deals with Kobalt Music and Merlin to allow artists and songwriters they represent to participate in the development of Eleven Music models and AI music revenue streams.
“At ElevenLabs, our mission is to reimagine how humans interact and create with technology — and ‘The Eleven Album’ marks a major milestone: the first large-scale artist-AI collaboration bringing together talent representing over 1 billion streams, multiple Grammy Awards, and decades of influence across modern music,” ElevenLabs’ CEO Mati Staniszewski said in a statement. “We’re incredibly grateful to every artist who chose to trust us and explore what becomes possible when AI amplifies human creativity.”
ElevenLabs recently announced a partnership with Matthew McConaughey, who also invested an undisclosed amount in the company, to use ElevenLabs’ technology to create a Spanish-language audio version of his newsletter “Lyrics of Livin’” in his own voice.
Earlier this year the company announced a $100 million tender offer to let its employees cash out their stock, a transaction that valued the company at $6.6 billion, double its Series C funding-round valuation at the beginning of 2025.
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