new collaborators include Mats Valentin on "Day Vacation" and dance musicians Kocky (David Åström) and Trash (Patrik Jan Berggren) produced "My Angel," as well as the two remixes. Ai travelled to Sweden and Denmark for the first time, to meet with three production teams, producers and to record the songs. Three previous collaborators were reunited with Ai for individual songs. "Nobody Like You" featured Icedown ("Mirai" (2006), "Queen" (2005)), "Feel for You" was produced by Bach Logic ("Get Up" (2007)) and "Touch the Sky" by The Company ("Butterfly." "Taisetsu na Mono" and "The Answer" from "Don't Stop Ai" (2007)). Two songs featured new collaborators, Kei Kumasa for "Scream," and classical pianist Joe Hisaishi for "Okuribito." The song "Okuribito" was already produced for the film, and the single version features Ai's vocals (with self-penned lyrics) layered on top of the instrumental theme. The song with Ai does not actually feature in the film, but as used in promotion for the film. Ai collaborated with three Japanese musicians and one overseas musician on the album, "So Special" with Exile Atsushi, "Scream" featuring vocalist Jesse from Rize, and "Like a Bird" featuring reggae singer . Ai had been friends with Atsushi since 2006, and had wanted to collaborate for some time. The idea was brought up by Atsushi, and the pair wrote and recorded the song with Uta in three weeks. The Ai version features a slightly different song structure, melody and lyrics. Trackmaker Uta made the Ai Version with a little more beat, to be more "dancable" than the Exile version. One of the remixes was of the James Morrison song "Broken Strings," which featured Ai instead of Nelly Furtado on the Japanese version of his album, "Songs for You, Truths for Me". His album was released in Japan on the same day as "Viva Ai". Recording was primarily done at Music Safety Research in Yoyogi, Tokyo, where almost all of Ai's vocals were recorded. Additional recording was performed at Prime Sound Studio Form and Studio Blan. Recording with Jesse from Rize was held at his private studio, Purple Brain Studio. Recording with Exile's Atsushi Sato was at Avex Studio, and the initial recording of the theme from "Departures" was recorded at Victor Studios.