GALAXY BOY was the main promotional track for Aira Mitsuki’s debut album, C.O.P.Y., and also acted as the opening track for the same album.

And WHAT a track! The song is easily one of Aira’s best songs in her discography, opening on a quieter note, before bringing in the thumping, ethereal, space-element synth. Despite having the kind of chorus that could bore you quickly, the way the package is presented keeps the song interesting through these verses, through the anticipating bridge and into the chorus, which shows off just how catchy this song actually is. It’s easily the part that’s going to get you hooked to the song. Why this wasn’t its own single, I’ll never know.

It had one hell of a PV to go with it, too. It follows the same space theme, with Aira driving through space at the beginning of the video, and getting into a laser fight with three separate copies of herself. There’s a lot of psychadelic rainbows here to top it off, too, shooting past and around Aira throughout the video.

In fact, in almost every shot of the video, you can see the glory of space itself, with Earth (or some other planet) being the most obvious landmark in the sky in the background. The video throws the sci-fi space theme at you whenever it can, but at least it fits with the theme of the song. This is how Tek videos really should be.

The real clincher here, though, has to be 2D Aira. Throughout the whole video, Aira is shown from a 2D perspective, with the chorus even having this paper-thin Aira dancing around in the most awkward manner I’ve ever really seen. It’s actually rather hilarious, and for people like me, nostalgic.

How is it nostalgic? Three words: Parappa the Rapper. That old PS1 game that had paper thin characters trying to dance around without the proper dimensions for it. It was over a good decade ago, but this was the first thing the chorus dance reminded me of. And that’s a good thing, because that game was AWESOME for its time. ( Don’t tease me, it’s true. ;~; )

HOWEVER! There’s something I should point out to you all…

AIRA’S PV IS A COPY OF THE SONG TECHNOPOLIS’ MUSIC VIDEO~ As sung by Yellow Magic Orchestra.

A COPY! A COPY!

AND IT’S PROMOTING AN ALBUM NAMED C.O.P.Y.!!!

Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

Just take that however you will, I think she pulled it off pretty well.

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Song Score
A+

Video Score
A+

Total Score
A+

Do you see why I reviewed this PV first? Yes, this is definitely what I would consider Tek perfection. It’s the only song in the genre that hasn’t worn thin for me, even after listening to it millions of times. Every Nakata act has this happen to them eventually, but Aira’s still clear. Nakata needs to step back and take a look at this, because this is pretty much what Tek should be. It makes Perfume look like regular J-Pop in comparison, when you take the arrangements into account.