"World Dance" (stylized in all upper case lettering) is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai featuring South Korean-Japanese singer and rapper

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. Produced by Yaffle, the song was released on August 16, 2023, by

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as a promotional single from Ai's thirteenth studio album, ''

Respect All ''Respect All'' is the thirteenth studio album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on August 23, 2023, by EMI Records. Announced in June 2023, the album includes Nestlé Japan's Kit Kat campaign song, " Start Again", as well as ...

''.

Background and release

In June 2023, Ai announced her thirteenth studio album, ''

''. Five of the ten tracks were originally announced. Within the next month,

's management staff announced she would be featured on a song with Ai. Japanese music news outlets later reported the collaboration on July 19. Ai began teasing snippets of "World Dance" on social media on August 14. The song later was released as a promotional single on August 16. In an interview with ''Barks'' regarding the release of ''Respect All'', Ai revealed she had met Chanmina a few times at events, but "never had a detailed conversation with her." Ai eventually would ask her to record a song together, to which Chanmina agreed to. Ai recorded her vocals with Yaffle, who produced the song, while Chanmina recorded her vocals separately by Jigg.

Music and lyrics

''Barks'' described "World Dance" as a "truly diverse" and "danceable track". ''

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'' described the song as a "heart-touching dance number with life sized realism yrics" Lyrically, the song is about "moving forward" and "dancing together".

Promotion

On the same day "World Dance" was released,

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held a pre-order campaign via

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where 10 randomly selected people would receive signed merchandise from Ai's upcoming concert tour, the Respect All Tour.

Live performances

Ai performed a solo version of "World Dance" during her studio live broadcast on

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the same day ''Respect All'' was released.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and album's liner notes.''Respect All'' (CD+Blu-ray). Ai. EMI Records/Universal/Def Jam Recordings. 2023. UPCH-29461. * Ai Carina Uemura – vocals * Mina Otomonai – vocals * Yaffle – arrangement * Jigg – vocal recording (Chanmina) * Andrew Baldwin – mastering * Masahito Komori – mixing

Release history

References

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