I'm Coming Home (Ai song)

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"I'm Coming Home"
Ai - I'm Coming Home.png
Single by Ai
from the EP It's All Me, Vol. 1
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)
Recorded2019
Genre R&B
Length5:04
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jin
  • Uemura
Ai singles chronology
"Baby You Can Cry"
(2019)		"I'm Coming Home"
(2020)		"Good as Gold"
(2020)
Music video
"I'm Coming Home" on YouTube

"I'm Coming Home" [lower-alpha 1] is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on January 14, 2020, by EMI Records. Written by Ruri Matsumura, Ai and Jin, the song served as the theme song for the sci-fi thriller AI Hokai.

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Background and release

In October 2019, it was revealed Ai would sing the theme song for AI Amok, a Japanese sci-fi thriller film directed by Yu Ire. [1] Ai was asked by Ire to record a song for his film as he wanted a female artist to sing the theme song. [2] Regarding the film being about artificial intelligence and the irony of recruiting Ai to record a song for the film, Ire stated, “People asked me if I was joking at first, but she wrote a great song”. [3] Ire also stated he "absolutely needed Ai's loving and powerful singing". [4] In a 2020 interview regarding her 2020 extended play It's All Me, Vol. 1 , Ai talked about "I'm Coming Home", commenting, "The movie was about artificial intelligence, but I wanted to make the theme song human-like". [5]

In June 2020, "I'm Coming Home" was revealed to be included on Ai's EP, It's All Me, Vol. 1 serving as the third single. [6]

Music and lyrics

Billboard described "I'm Coming Home" as a "warm, inspirational ballad that sings about having a place to come home to". [3]

Music video

A music video was released on the same day of the songs release. The music video focuses on the real lives of three different families, similar to a documentary. Scenes where Ai is singing by the sea were shot at Tojo beach in Kamogawa in the Chiba Prefecture, where a scene from the film was recorded. [3] The music video was directed by Ire. [7]

Live performances

Ai performed the song during TBS' Count Down TV broadcast. [8]

Track listing

Digital download and streaming

  1. "I'm Coming Home" — 5:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJanuary 14, 2020 [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 僕らを待つ場所; Hepburn: Bokura wo Matsu Basho

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References

  1. ↑ "AI、新曲「僕らを待つ場所」が映画「AI崩壊」主題歌に決定 - CDJournal ニュース". www.cdjournal.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ "AI、映画『AI崩壊』の主題歌「僕らを待つ場所」MVを公開". Billboard Japan . January 1, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Watch J-Pop Singer AI's New Documentary-Style Video for Sci-Fi Thriller". Billboard. January 18, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  4. ↑ "AIが映画「AI崩壊」主題歌を担当「私が歌うっていうのは笑いましたw」（コメントあり）". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Natalie, Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ "AI、デビュー20周年を迎えて「心で、音で、通じ合える」新作を完成 - 取材、文・かわむらあみり". ananweb - マガジンハウス (in Japanese). Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ "AI、20周年アニバーサリーミニAL第一弾『IT'S ALL ME – Vol.1』 発売 最新ビジュアルはとんだ林蘭が担当". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド (in Japanese). Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "AI、入江悠監督による「僕らを待つ場所」MV解禁". BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  8. ↑ "今夜「COUNT DOWN TV」にAI、三浦大知、宮野真守が登場". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Natalie, Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Credits / I'm Coming Home / AI". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ "AI、映画『AI崩壊』主題歌「僕らを待つ場所」MV公開 歌詞の世界観を監督 入江悠が表現". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド (in Japanese). Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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