In November 2014, Universal Music Japan had announced that there would be a tribute album towards Utada's musical works and would be covered by a variety of musicians. During the time off the announcement, however, no specific artists were mentioned and this left public speculation. It was then announced through "AramaJapan.com" that the artists had been unveiled for the project which included Japanese-American singer AI; she was revealed to have recorded "Final Distance" for "Utada Hikaru no Uta", a tribute album celebrating 15 years since Utada's debut.