{"id":2256200,"date":"2026-01-29T13:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2256200"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:31:35","slug":"liza-minnelli-responds-to-backlash-over-ai-use-in-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/liza-minnelli-responds-to-backlash-over-ai-use-in-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Liza Minnelli Responds to Backlash Over AI Use in New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Iconic performer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Liza-Minnelli\/\">Liza Minnelli<\/a> has responded to the backlash she received after it was revealed that AI was used to create parts of her latest song, &#8220;Kids Wait Till You Hear This.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/article\/Liza-Minnelli-Partners-with-ElevenLabs-on-New-AI-Music-Project-20260121\">As BroadwayWorld previously reported<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Liza-Minnelli\/\">Minnelli<\/a>\u00a0teamed up with AI audio company ElevenLabs to co-create new music using artificial intelligence. The song, featured on the collaborative album titled &#8220;Eleven Album&#8221;, features authentic vocals by Minnelli, with artificially generated musical arrangements. The album also features\u00a0material from other celebrated artists, including\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Art-Garfunkel\/\">Art Garfunkel<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Michael-Feinstein\/\">Michael Feinstein<\/a>, and\u00a0Patrick Patrikios.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans expressed concern about Minnelli&#8217;s decision to utilize AI for her music. Minnelli took to her social media to respond to the backlash, explaining her creation of the song, and defending her decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All my life, some unkind people have chosen to weaponize the choices I make, as well as the people I love and trust,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s caused me to pull away and become more private than I want to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- End Ezoic - Article Insertion 1 - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You either support or troll. You can&#8217;t do both &#8211; especially under the guise of caring about me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She went on to explain that the negative comments do upset her, noting &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to pretend that when I look here and see mean things about my posts, my book, my music, that it doesn&#8217;t hurt. Because it does.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read the full post below:<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Liza-Minnelli\/\">Liza Minnelli<\/a>&#8216;s new song &#8220;Kids Wait Till You Hear This&#8221; is available now on all streaming platforms. The track is named after her upcoming memoir, which is on sale March 10. 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