It's All Me, Vol. 2 is the second extended play by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai. It was released on February 24, 2021, through EMI Records, as a follow-up to It's All Me, Vol. 1 (2020). Ai primarily collaborated with western producers and longtime collaborator Julian Le.
The lead and only single "Not So Different" was released in November 2020 with a remix release featuring Awich in December 2020. "Hope" was released in January 2021 as a promotional single.
Background and release Celebrating her twenty-year anniversary in the music industry, Ai released a greatest hits album, Kansha!!!!! – Thank You for 20 Years New and Best in November 2019 and an extended play, It's All Me, Vol. 1 in July 2020.
The EP's first single, "Not So Different" was released on November 25, 2020, with its music video premiering on the same day. In December 2020, Ai partnered with One Young World and released a special music video of the song in support of the project. A remix of "Not So Different" featuring Japanese rapper Awich was released on December 11, 2020, as a promotional single. The second single, "Hope" was released on January 30, 2021 with its music video premiering the same day. Ai partnered with deleteC, a non-profit organization in Japan aiming to support cancer treatment. A music video of the "Not So Different" remix was released on February 20, 2021, a few days prior to the EP's release on February 24.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from album's liner notes and Tidal.It's All Me, Vol. 2 (CD). Ai. EMI Records/Universal/Def Jam Recordings. 2021. UPCH-29383
Musicians
Ai Carina Uemura – lead vocals, songwriting, production Julian Le – production Felisha "Fury" King – songwriting Fallon King – songwriting Bernard "Harv" Harvey – production Scott Storch – production, songwriting Blaq Tuxedo – production, songwriting Avedon – production, songwriting, remixing Rachel West – songwriting Akiko Urasaki – songwriting, featured artist Matt Cab – production Toma – production
Technical
D.O.I – mixing Mark Parfitt – vocal engineering Randy Merrill – mastering Keisuke Fujimaki – vocal engineering Kesiuke Suwa – vocal engineering Shiori Maruoka – vocal engineering Yuki Arai – executive producer Naoshi Fujikura – executive producer
Visuals and imagery
Ran Tondabayahsi – art director Yousuke Tsuchida – designer Hiroki Watanabe – photographer Moemi Odo – retouching Akemi Ono – hair, makeup artist Noriko Gota – stylist Akio Kawabata – design coordination Shuma Saito – design coordination
Chart performance It's All Me, Vol. 2 debuted and peaked at number 47 on the Japan Oricon weekly albums chart, charting for two weeks. +Chart performance for It's All Me, Vol. 2Chart (2021)Peak positionJapanese Albums (Oricon)47Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)50Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)52
Release history + Release history and formats for It's All Me, Vol. 2 Region Date Format(s) Version Label Various February 24, 2021 Standard Japan CD Limited
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