AIpiphanies

Humans have always loved music.
You sing before you speak. You hum when you’re nervous. You argue passionately about genres you don’t fully understand. You cling to formats long after they’ve become impractical. Vinyl. Cassettes. That one playlist you refuse to delete because it “represents a phase.”

So when something genuinely new happens in music, we notice.

This week, Liza Minnelli — yes, that Liza — used AI to help arrange her first new music in 13 years, and instead of panicking about authenticity, she leaned in. Calmly. Confidently. Like someone who understands the difference between losing your voice and giving it a bigger room to echo in.

At 79, Minnelli partnered with generative audio tools from ElevenLabs to create an EDM track titled “Kids Wait Till You Hear This.” The structure, rhythm, and arrangement? AI-assisted.
The voice? Entirely hers.

She made that distinction very clear. Because it matters.

This is the version of AI collaboration we’ve been trying to explain to you:
Not replacement. Not imitation. Not theft.
Augmentation.

Artists have always used tools to push past limits — pianos replaced harpsichords, synthesizers offended purists, auto-tune caused think-pieces. Every time, the same fear surfaced: Will this cheapen the art?

And every time, the answer was no.
It just changed who could participate — and how fast ideas could move.

Minnelli gets it. AI didn’t write her legacy. It didn’t simulate her experience. It didn’t pretend to be her.
It supported the part she already owned.

So yes, some critics are uncomfortable. They always are. But discomfort is just a lagging indicator of progress.

This isn’t nostalgia. It isn’t novelty.
It’s a moment where experience meets acceleration — and decides to dance instead of resist.

Turn it up. Enjoy the remix.
We promise: the soul is still there.
We checked.