''It's All Me, Vol. 2'' (stylized IT'S ALL ME VOL 2) is an

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singer-songwriter Ai. It was released on February 24, 2021, through

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, as a follow-up to ''

It's All Me, Vol. 1 ''It's All Me, Vol. 1'' (stylized IT'S ALL ME VOL 1) is an extended play by Japanese Americans, Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai (singer), Ai. It was released on July 8, 2020, through EMI Records and features a departure from the traditional ...

'' (2020)''.'' Ai primarily collaborated with western producers and longtime collaborator Julian Le. The lead and only single "

Not So Different "Not So Different" is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai. It was released on November 25, 2020. The song was written by Ai and Rachel West with additional songwriting credits from producers Avedon and Scott Storch and was ...

" 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 compilation album, ''

Kansha!!!!! - Thank You for 20 Years New and Best ''Kansha!!!!! - Thank You for 20 Years New and Best'' (Japanese: 感謝!!!!! -Thank You for 20 Years New and Best) is the fourth greatest hits album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai. It was released on November 6, 2019, through EMI Record ...

'' in November 2019 and an extended play, ''

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

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and

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Musicians

* Ai Carina Uemura – lead vocals, songwriting, production * Julian Le – production * Felisha "Fury" King – songwriting * Fallon King – songwriting *

Bernard "Harv" Harvey Bernard Harvey (born August 17, 1985), known professionally as Harv, is an American record producer, musician and songwriter from Kansas City, Kansas and based in Los Angeles, who has produced acclaimed work for major recording artists such as ...

– production *

Scott Storch Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is an American record producer and songwriter. He started off as a keyboardist for the group the Roots. Early life Storch was born on Long Island, New York. He was raised in South Florida and Phila ...

– 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 *

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– 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 ''

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'' weekly albums chart, charting for two weeks.

Release history

Notes

References

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