Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel Lend Their Voices to New AI Album

AI company ElevenLabs has announced The Eleven Album, a new project with human and machine contributions featuring Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, and King Willonius, best known for creating the viral AI hit “BBL Drizzy.”

According to Billboard, the amount of AI varies from track to track. Some songs are entirely AI generated, at times using machine-generated soundalikes of famous voices who have agreed to participate. Others involve human songwriters layering their own ideas and voices on top of AI backing tracks.

ElevenLabs has signed an exclusive partnership with Spotify to release the album. Other humans involved include Brazillian YouTuber KondZilla, rapper IAMSU!, film score composer Demitri Lerios, songwriters Emily Falvey and Sunsetto, Great American Songbook revivalist Michael Feinstein, and more. Minnelli and Garfunkel are by far the most well-known collaborators, and it is unclear if their voice contributions will be human, machine-assisted, or fully machine generated.

“I’ve always believed that music is about connection and emotional truth,” Minnelli said in a statement. “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.”

Art Garfunkel added, “Music has always evolved alongside technology, from microphones to multitrack recording. 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.”