Galali -- Sayonara wa Mayonaka ni（さよならは真夜中に）

 

I've often felt like what singer-songwriter Galali's（がらり）lyrics are saying...trying (but failing) to get to sleep while wallowing in the misery of what the next day might bring. The only thing is that I didn't get a modern groovy beat to accompany everything.

"Sayonara wa Mayonaka ni" (Goodbye at Midnight) was released as a digital single last November, and it's a nice slab of Neo-City Pop with that aforementioned groovy beat. It was written and composed by Galali with arrangement by Gento Miyano（宮野弦士）who has worked with acts such as Dance for philosophy. There is a nice little slow burn with "Sayonara wa Mayonaka ni" that finally pops into a bit of happy disco and a key change at the end. I could quite relate with those little black ghosts in the music video; I kinda think they popped out of an older Studio Ghibli movie.

I couldn't find a lot of information on Galali. But what I could glean was that he started his career in 2022 and amassed a lot of popularity via TikTok. For me, the only thing that disappointed me about "Sayonara wa Mayonaka ni" is its length. Just wished that it was several dozen seconds longer. Anyways, you can enjoy a brief look at a fellow named Dyson interpreting the song via En Dance Studio.