It's All Me, Vol. 2 (stylized IT'S ALL ME VOL 2) is an 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 compilation 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.
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.
Release history
Notes
References
Japanese-language EPs
2021 EPs
EPs by Japanese artists
Ai (singer) EPs
EMI Records EPs
Universal Music Group EPs
Albums produced by Scott Storch
Albums produced by Ai (singer)