Dream (Ai album)

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Dream
Studio album by
Ai
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2022 (2022-02-23)
Recorded2019–2021
Studio
Genre
Length33:27
Language
Label
Producer
Ai chronology
It's All Me, Vol. 2
(2021) 		Dream
(2022)
Singles from Dream
  1. "The Moment"
    Released: June 28, 2021
  2. "In the Middle"
    Released: August 13, 2021
  3. "Aldebaran"
    Released: November 1, 2021

Dream is the twelfth studio album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai. It was released on February 23, 2022, by EMI Records. Ai collaborated with Japanese and American producers. This includes Uta and Bernard "Harv" Harvey, who produced her 2021 extended play, It's All Me, Vol. 2.

Album profile[change | change source]

Three singles have been released from the album. The first single, "The Moment" featured Japanese rapper Yellow Bucks and was released in June 2021. "In the Middle", a collaboration with Daichi Miura was released in August 2021. The third single was "Aldebaran". This served as the theme song for the Japanese television drama Come Come Everybody. "Aldebaran" became Ai's first song to chart since her 2017 single, "Kira Kira". The song debuted and peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and peaked at number 6 on the Oricon Digital Singles Chart.

Rankings[change | change source]

Dream debuted at number 12 on the Oricon Daily Albums chart for February 22, 2022.[1] It rose to number 7 on February 23.[2]

Track listing[change | change source]

Dream track listing
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Aldebaran" (アルデバラン)
 4:26
2. "In the Middle" (featuring Daichi Miura)
  • Uta
  • Uemura
  • Miura
 4:27
3. "The Moment" (featuring Yellow Bucks)
  • Uemura
  • DJ Ryow
  • Space Dust Club
 3:22
4. "Welcome Rain"  Nao'ymt 4:31
5. "First Time" (featuring Riehata)Bernard "Harv" Harvey 3:01
6. "Lessons"  Derek Anderson 2:33
7. "Be with You"  
  • Le
  • Uemura
 3:45
8. "Dear Papa" (パパへ "Papa e")
  • C3prod
  • Uemura
 2:50
9. "We Have a Dream"  
  • Uta
  • Uemura
 4:29
Dream – limited edition DVD / Blu-ray bonus live performances from the It's All Me Tour
No. Title Length
1. "I Wanna Know"    
2. "Voice"    
3. "Not So Different"    
4. "Hope"    
5. "Gift"    
6. "My Friend"    
7. "Believe"    
8. "Music Is My Life"    
9. "Dear Mama"    
10. "Kira Kira"    
11. "Minna ga Minna ga Eiyū"    
12. "I Have Nothing"    
13. "Story"    
14. "Not So Different" (Remix featuring Awich)  
15. "Aldebaran"    
16. "Happiness"    
Dream – limited edition DVD / Blu-ray bonus music videos
No. TitleDirector(s) Length
1. "Aldebaran" (music video)   
2. "In the Middle" (music video)Yoshiharu Seri  
3. "The Moment" (music video)Yue  
4. "Not So Different" (remix music video)   

Personnel[change | change source]

Credits adapted from album's liner notes and Tidal.[3][4]

Musicians[change | change source]

  • Ai Carina Uemura – lead vocals, songwriting, production
  • Uta – production, songwriting
  • Julian Le – production, songwriting
  • Naotarō Moriyama – songwriting
  • Neko Saito – production, arranging
  • Daichi Miura – featured artist, songwriting, production
  • Yellow Bucks – featured artist, songwriting
  • Nao'ymt – songwriting, production
  • Felisha "Fury" King – songwriting
  • Fallon King – songwriting
  • Kes Kross – songwriting
  • Derek Anderson – production
  • Kim – songwriting
  • Nelson Babin-Coy – songwriting
  • Midorin – drums
  • Tomohiko Ohkanda – bass
  • Fumio Yanagisawa – guitar
  • Satoshi Onoue – guitar
  • Hideaki "Lanbsy" Sakai – latin percussion
  • Tomoyuki Asakawa – harp
  • Great Eida – concertmaster, strings
  • Jo Kuwata – violin
  • Nagisa Kiriyama – violin
  • Haruko Yano – violin
  • Yukinori Murata – violin
  • Akane Irie – violin
  • Ayumu Koshikawa – violin
  • Akiko Maruyama – violin
  • Yui Kaneko – violin
  • Masahiro Miyake – violin
  • Yuji Yamada – viola
  • Mayu Takashima – viola
  • Ayano Kasahara – cello
  • Yoshihiko Maeda – cello
  • Space Dust Club – production, songwriting
  • DJ Ryow – production, songwriting
  • C3prod – production, songwriting
  • Bernard "Harv" Harvey – production

Technical[change | change source]

  • Mizuo Miura – vocal recording, vocal production
  • Keisuke Narita – assistant vocal recording, assistant vocal production
  • Taji Okuda – vocal recording, vocal production, mixing
  • Keisuke Fujimaki – vocal recording, vocal production
  • Shohei Ishikawa – vocal recording, vocal production
  • Masahiro Abo – vocal recording, vocal production
  • D.O.I – mixing
  • Mark Parfitt – mixing
  • Randy Merrill – mastering

Visuals and imagery[change | change source]

  • Tatsuki Ikezawa – art director
  • Shoji Uchihada – photographer
  • Kanako Sato – retouching
  • Shinji Konishi – hair, makeup
  • Kumiko Iijima – stylist
  • Machi Kagawa – designing
  • Hirotaka Maeda – shooting coordination
  • Erika Hiyama – shooting coordination
  • Akiko Kawabata – AW production coordination

Charts[change | change source]

Chart performance for Dream
Chart (2022) Peak

position

Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[5] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 12

Release history[change | change source]

Release history and formats for Dream
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
Various February 23, 2022
Standard
[7]
Japan CD
[8]
Limited [9]
[10]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "2022/02/22付 オリコンデイリー アルバムランキング 11～20位". ORICON NEWS. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2022-02-23 suggested (help)
  2. ↑ "2022/02/23付 オリコンデイリー アルバムランキング". ORICON NEWS. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  3. ↑ Dream (CD). Ai. EMI Records/Universal/Def Jam Recordings. 2022. UPCH-20614.
  4. ↑ "AI / Dream (CREDITS TIDAL US)". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2022/03/02 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2022年02月21日～2022年02月27日 オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 11～20位". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. ↑ Inc, Natasha. "AIがオリジナルフルアルバム「DREAM」リリース、5月から全国ツアー開催". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ↑ "DREAM | AI". Oricon News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  9. ↑ "DREAM(限定盤/DVD付) | AI". Oricon News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  10. ↑ "DREAM(限定盤/Blu-ray Disc付) | AI". Oricon News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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