Pluto Projector

Rex Orange County first teased the song on 16 October 2019, posting a telephone number on social media, which when called, played the song's first verse.^[3] On the same day, he posted a video of an orchestra playing, with the caption, "Pluto Projector", to social media.^[4] It was released as the second single from Pony the following day, where Rex Orange County revealed it was the album's seventh track.^[5]

The song's sheet music, published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing, shows that the song is written in the key of C major with a tempo of 80 beats per minute. The vocals in the song span from the low note of B♭3 to the high note of G5.^[6] The song is most known for its orchestral ending, which Affinity Magazine's Daryl Perry said put the listener at an "emotional climax".^[7]

NME described the song as a "slow-burning cut of emotive pop",^[2] while NPR described the song as a "semi-downtempo acoustic track" where Rex Orange County meditates on "the existential", singing; "What if all this counts for nothing, everything I thought I'd be/What if by the time I realize, it's too far to see?".^[8] Lyrically, the song is about Rex fantasizing a future life with his lover, and includes subtle remarks from Rex Orange County about becoming famous as a teenager; "I'm still a boy inside my thoughts / Am I meant to understand my faults?"^[9]