Dream (Ai album)

Dream
Dream
Studio album by Ai
Released	February 23, 2022
Recorded	2019–2021
Studio	Sound Inn Studio (Tokyo, Japan); Studio MSR (Tokyo); Studio Mech (Tokyo); Daimonion Recordings; Black Star Music (Studio City, California); Sterling Sound (New York City, New York);
Genre	Pop; R&B;
Length	33:27
Language	Japanese; English;
Label	EMI; Universal;
Producer	Ai Uemura; Uta; Daichi Miura; Neko Saito; Bernard "Harv" Harvey; Kes Kross; Derek Anderson; DJ Ryow; Space Dust Club; Julian Le; C3prod; Nao'ymt;
Ai chronology
Singles from Dream
	"The Moment"; Released: June 28, 2021; "In the Middle"; Released: August 13, 2021; "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

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

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

*Dream* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Aldebaran" (アルデバラン)	Naotarō Moriyama	Ai Uemura Neko Saito	4:26
2.	"In the Middle" (featuring Daichi Miura)	Uemura Miura Uta	Uta Uemura Miura	4:27
3.	"The Moment" (featuring Yellow Bucks)	Uemura Kazu Sakaguchi DJ Ryow Space Dust Club	Uemura DJ Ryow Space Dust Club	3:22
4.	"Welcome Rain"	Naoaki Yamata	Nao'ymt	4:31
5.	"First Time" (featuring Riehata)	Uemura Felisha "Fury" King Fallon King	Bernard "Harv" Harvey	3:01
6.	"Lessons"	Kes Kross	Derek Anderson	2:33
7.	"Be with You"	Uemura Julian Le	Le Uemura	3:45
8.	"Dear Papa" (パパへ "Papa e")	Uemura C3prod	C3prod Uemura	2:50
9.	"We Have a Dream"	Uemura Nelson Babin-Coy Kim Uta	Uta Uemura	4:29

*Dream* – limited edition DVD / Blu-ray bonus live performances from the It's All Me Tour
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"I Wanna Know"	Uemura
2.	"Voice"	Uemura
3.	"Not So Different"	Uemura Rachel West Vincent Van den Ende Scott Storch
4.	"Hope"	Uemura
5.	"Gift"	Uemura
6.	"My Friend"	Uemura
7.	"Believe"	Uemura
8.	"Music Is My Life"	Uemura
9.	"Dear Mama"	Uemura
10.	"Kira Kira"	Uemura
11.	"Minna ga Minna ga Eiyū"	Makoto Shinohara
12.	"I Have Nothing"	David Foster Linda Thompson
13.	"Story"	Uemura
14.	"Not So Different" (Remix featuring Awich)	Uemura West Akiko Urasaki Van den Ende Storch
15.	"Aldebaran"	Moriyama
16.	"Happiness"	Uemura

*Dream* – limited edition DVD / Blu-ray bonus music videos
No.	Title	Director(s)
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

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

Musicians

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

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

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

Chart performance for *Dream*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[5]	11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[6]	12

Release history

Release history and formats for *Dream*
Region	Date	Format(s)	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	February 23, 2022	Digital download streaming	Standard	EMI Universal	^[7]
Japan		CD	Standard	EMI Universal Japan Def Jam	^[8]
		CD DVD	Limited		^[9]
		CD Blu-ray	Limited		^[10]

References

↑ "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 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
↑ "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.
↑ Dream (CD). Ai. EMI Records/Universal/Def Jam Recordings. 2022. UPCH-20614.
↑ "AI / Dream (CREDITS TIDAL US)". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2022/03/02 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ 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)
↑ "DREAM | AI". Oricon News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
↑ "DREAM(限定盤/DVD付) | AI". Oricon News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
↑ "DREAM(限定盤/Blu-ray Disc付) | AI". Oricon News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.

[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 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-24.

[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.

[:2-7] 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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