Liza Minnelli is making noise again — and she wants fans to know exactly how it was made.
The 79-year-old entertainment legend has released a new track titled “Kids Wait Till You Hear This,” marking her first new song in more than a decade. The release coincides with her upcoming memoir of the same name, set to arrive in March.
While Minnelli collaborated with AI voice platform ElevenLabs on elements of the production, she was quick to shut down speculation about artificial vocals. According to Minnelli, the technology helped shape the arrangement — not her voice.
“Hi kids, I’m happy as a clam, laughing like hell and losing my mind! It’s all goin’ on at the time,” Minnelli wrote in a social media post on January 21. She described the track as her first EDM single since her Pet Shop Boys era and praised ElevenLabs as a “six billion dollar techno behemoth,” noting actor Matthew McConaughey as an early investor.
Minnelli then drew a firm line in the sand.
“What I will not allow this great company to do? Create, clone or copy my voice!” she wrote. “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!”
She wrapped her message with characteristic flair, encouraging fans to “go listen, enjoy, and shake your pretty buns to the music” as she prepares to launch her memoir into the world. Even the promotional image, she added, is current — “not retro. Au courant.”
Minnelli previously explained her decision to work with ElevenLabs in a separate statement, emphasizing creative ownership and emotional authenticity.
“I’ve always believed that music is about connection and emotional truth,” she said. “What interested me here was the idea of using my voice and new tools in service of expression, not instead of it.”
Referencing her legendary parents, Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, she reflected on growing up around creativity that was often owned by others. “ElevenLabs makes it possible for anyone to be a creator and owner. That matters,” she said.
“Kids Wait Till You Hear This” is Minnelli’s first new recording since 2013, when she contributed the song “A Love Letter from the Times” to the musical television series Smash.
The song shares its title with her forthcoming memoir, which Minnelli says was born out of frustration with how her story has been told in the past.
In an interview with People, Minnelli admitted she long resisted writing a book about her life. “Since I was old enough to put pencil to paper, people asked me to write books about my career,” she said. “‘Absolutely not! Tell it when I’m gone!’ was my philosophy.”
That stance changed after what she described as years of inaccuracies — including a recent miniseries that, in her view, failed to capture the truth.
“Finally, I was mad as hell,” Minnelli said. “Over dinner one night, I decided it’s my own story. I’m gonna share it with you because of all the love you’ve given me.”
