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Hoshino shares writing and production credits with Supeorganism, Punpee, Rascal, and Misch. He initially invisioned it as a [[mixtape]] release, but changed this plan due to believing the mixtape culture would be hard to promote in Japan. ''Same Thing'' covers themes of [[solidarity]] and features bass-focused production similar to the Western music scene. The track listing includes the [[indie pop]] title track with Supeorganism featuring English lyrics, the [[Japanese rap]] song "Sarashi-mono" sung by Hoshino in conversation-like verses with Punpee, and "Ain't Nobody Know" featuring Misch, where Misch created the beat and Hoshino wrote the melody to create a track that puts distance between their styles. Hoshino wrote the fourth and final track "Watashi" alone, featuring only his vocals and [[acoustic guitar]].
The title track was released ahead as a [[promotional single]] on October 4, 2019. Music videos were produced for all tracks and "Sarashi-mono" and "Ain't Nobody Know" also received lyric videos. Critics regarded ''Same Thing'' as a new style for Hoshino and praised its musical and lyrical themes. Upon release, it reached first place on the digital albums charts of both [[Oricon]] and ''[[Billboard Japan]]'', and took numbers three and four on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Japan Hot Albums|Hot Albums]] and Oricon [[Oricon Combined Albums Chart|Combined Albums Chart]]s, respectively. In its release week, all four songs appeared on the ''Billboard Japan'' Streaming Songs and all but "Watashi" made the Download Songs Chart. At the end of 2019, ''Same Thing'' ranked at number
== Background and development ==
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