Big Betrayal

Big Betrayal is a song performed by Deep Cut during Splatfests. It is one of four songs that will play during Splatfest battles, added into rotation during Drizzle Season 2023 for the Shiver vs. Frye vs. Big Man Splatfest.

Description
Big Betrayal is a midtempo EDM track with elements of house and Eurobeat. The first half of the track is in the key of A minor, opening with a lighter chord progression that revolves around the v and bVI (E minor and F major) with synth leads panned left and right that resemble sirens. This transitions into the section in which Shiver and Frye harass Big Man in the music video, with electric bass and synthesizers that share a unison bass line. When the sung vocals begin, the song modulates to Bb minor, with Shiver and Frye singing hits along with the instrumental backing. The chorus comes in after a 1-bar break with the idols harmonizing with a vocoder to a punchy, syncopated melody and is followed by a halftime section similar to Till Depth Do Us Part that loops into the intro.

Big Betrayal contains two verses, both are sung to the same music.

Big Betrayal features production techniques that are not often heard in Deep Cut's vocal tracks, such as sample splicing and abrupt cuts in the backing track, which are more prominent in their non-vocal tracks such as Deep Cut's Theme and Surprise and Shine.

Lyrics
The music video gives official lyrics for Big Betrayal. Most of the lyrics are nonsensical; however, the speaking portion is translated. The English version of the music video has several differences in its romanization of the sung lyrics compared to the Japanese version. There are currently only lyrics available for the first verse of the song, as the second is not featured in the music video.

Music video
The music video for Big Betrayal was released on 2023-08-25. It features text with a translation of the conversation at the start of the song, followed by a transcription of the nonsensical lyrics of the sung portion. The music video only includes the first verse of the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USe7w0c9-Qg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMy7gvl3bXE

Quotes
"SRL Musicology here with major news—a new song from Deep Cut just dropped! Titled Big Betrayal, this tune tells the story of Big Man's secret solo project as Ian BGM…and the consequences when Shiver and Frye found out about it. Listen to it here & during the upcoming Splatfest."

- @SplatoonNA on Twitter

"This new song from Deep Cut, titled Big Betrayal, tells the story of Big Man's secret solo project as Ian BGM…and the consequences when Shiver and Frye found out about it. Listen to it here and during the upcoming #Splatoon3 Splatfest."

- @NintendoEurope on Twitter

Trivia

 * Each idol's main concerns as expressed in the translated argument portion of the song reflect the stances they held in the Money vs. Fame vs. Love Splatfest.
 * Shiver is concerned with Big Man making money without giving his bandmates a cut, in alignment with her representing Team Money.
 * Frye is concerned with Big Man's association with the Squid Sisters damaging Deep Cut's reputation amidst Inkopolis and Splatsville's ongoing rivalry, in alignment with her representing Team Fame.
 * Big Man is concerned with helping build friendly relations between Inkopolitan and Splatlandian musicians through music collaborations, in alignment with him representing Team Love.
 * This is one of the few songs to include a word from a real language in its lyrics, namely the phrase "pishagerudo" (ピシャゲルド), which is part of the Japanese name of the song.

Etymology
Big Betrayal is a reference to Big Man's involvement in the production of Liquid Sunshine with the Squid Sisters without informing Shiver and Frye, who see this as a betrayal of Deep Cut. "Big" in the name might refer to Big Man.