Liza Minnelli has slammed “trolls” after being criticised over using AI for her new music.
The Cabaret singer defended using AI backing music on her new EDM single, Kids Wait Till You Hear This, amid online criticism of the technology.
“Hi Kids, I’m happy as a clam, laughing like hell and losing my mind! It’s all goin’ on at the time,” Liza, 79, began, in a lengthy Facebook post.
“Today, my first EDM single since The Pet Shop Boys era, released on ElevenLabs, a Six Billion Dollar techno behemoth does amazing things.”
She went on to explain that “Matthew McConaughey was an early investor” in the business, declaring the move “Smart”.
However, Liza explained, she had not permitted ElevenLabs to replicate her vocals.
“What I will not allow this great company to do? Create, clone or copy my voice!” she declared. “On this dance track, “Kids Wait Till You Hear This” which is a tease for my book, we used AI arrangements. Not AI vocals.”
The singer, whose new single shares the same title as her upcoming memoir, added that “trolls” had come out swinging without fact-checking.
“A few trolls didn’t bother to read the truth, check with me or my partners,” Liza wrote. “The shout outs are all mine!”
In the end, Liza said, she wanted her fans and followers to simply “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.”
