It's All Me, Vol. 2

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.

It's All Me, Vol. 2
Digital cover[note 1]
EP by Ai
Released	February 24, 2021 (2021-02-24)
Recorded	2019
Studio	Black Star Music (Studio City, California) Studio MSR (Tokyo, Japan) MSR Lab (Tokyo)
Genre	J-pop R&B hip hop
Length	21:24
Language	Japanese English
Label	EMI
Producer	Ai Uemura Avedon Scott Storch Julian Le Blaq Tuxedo Bernard "Harv" Harvey Matt Cab Toma
Ai chronology
It's All Me, Vol. 1 (2020) It's All Me, Vol. 2 (2021) Dream (2022)
Singles from It's All Me, Vol. 2
"Not So Different" Released: November 25, 2020

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

When I [wrote Not So Different], I hadn't decided to put this song on "Volume two" [...] At that time, the Black Lives Matter movement expanded, and [I] decided to put [it] out now. I always want[ed] to send a message like this, but often I can't put out a song unless the timing is right.

— Ai reflecting on including "Not So Different" on It's All Me, Vol. 2^[1]

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.^[2][3] In December 2020, Ai partnered with One Young World and released a special music video of the song in support of the project.^[4] A remix of "Not So Different" featuring Japanese rapper Awich was released on December 11, 2020 as a promotional single.^[5] 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.^[6][7] 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

It's All Me, Vol. 2 track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Not So Different"	Ai Uemura Rachel West Vincent Van den Ende Scott Storch	Uemura Avedon Storch	3:41
2.	"Jump"	Uemura	Uemura Julian Le	3:56
3.	"Off You"	Uemura Darius Logan Domonique Logan Michael Jiminez	Blaq Tuxedo	2:55
4.	"Expectations"	Uemura Fallon King Felisha "Fury" King	Bernard "Harv" Harvey	3:05
5.	"Hope"	Uemura	Uemura Matt Cab Toma	4:05
6.	"Not So Different" (Remix featuring Awich)	Uemura West Akiko Urasaki Ende Storch	Uemura Avedon Storch	3:42
Total length:				21:24

It's All Me, Vol. 2 – limited edition DVD bonus

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Not So Different"	Kensaku Kakimoto	3:41
2.	"Not So Different" (Behind the Scenes)	Kakimoto
3.	"Gift"	Kakimoto	3:38
4.	"Gift" (Behind the Scenes)	Kakimoto
5.	"Kokoro" (featuring Jenn Morel and Joelii) (lyric video)	Hideyuki Ishii	3:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes and Tidal.^[8][9]

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.^[10]

Chart performance for It's All Me, Vol. 2

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10]	47
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[11]	50
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[12]	52

Release history

Release history and formats for It's All Me, Vol. 2

Region	Date	Format(s)	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	February 24, 2021	Digital download streaming	Standard	EMI Universal	[1]
Japan		CD		EMI Universal Japan Def Jam	[13]
		CD DVD	Limited		[14]

Notes

1. On physical releases, the catalog number is present below the title of the EP.