I'm Coming Home (Ai song)

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]

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

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]

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

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[9]

• Ai Uemura – songwriting, lead vocals, production
• Ruri Matsumura – songwriting
• Jin – production, songwriting, arrangement
• Futoshi Kawashima – arrangement