Liquid Sunshine

Liquid Sunshine is a song performed by Squid Sisters and Ian BGM during Splatfests. It is one of four songs that will play during Splatfest battles, added into rotation during Fresh Season 2023 for the Nessie vs. Aliens vs. Bigfoot Splatfest.

Description
Liquid Sunshine is an upbeat Shibuya-kei song with elements of chiptune. The song starts with an instrumental opening, followed by solo vocal verses by Callie, Marie and Ian BGM respectively, though Callie harmonizes with Marie for the last phrase of Marie's verse. The pre-chorus features mixed singing by Callie and Marie. During the first half of the chorus, Callie and Marie each sings a verse, with Callie singing together with Marie during the last phrase. The second half of the chorus features mixed singing, first by Callie and Ian BGM, then by Marie and Ian BGM, followed by all three singing together, and finally just Callie and Marie. At last, a transitional bridge, which includes Callie and Marie chanting together, brings the song back to the start for looping. It should be noted that Ian BGM is most likely an alias for Big Man, from Deep Cut. In addition, Ian BGM is an anagram for Big Man.

Lyrics
The Japanese music video gives the official lyrics for Liquid Sunshine. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana and katakana simply give the pronunciation. The English music video published by Nintendo of America gives the official romanized lyrics, which contains several errors. It is included below for completeness.

The following lyrics are colored the same as in the music video, with additional legends to indicate the singers.

Music video
The music video for Liquid Sunshine was released on 2023-03-29, days before the start of the Nessie vs. Aliens vs. Bigfoot Splatfest. The music video showcases a Tricolor Turf War on MakoMart, with the players using weapon kits introduced during Fresh Season 2023. The Japanese version features karaoke lyrics in kana. Lyrics sung by Callie and Marie are written in hiragana, while lyrics sung by Ian BGM are written in katakana, except when singing together with others where hiragana is used.

On 2023-03-31, Nintendo of America uploaded the English version with karaoke lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ej1iI6ko7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZx61kSObTI

Quotes
"Musicology reports that the Squid Sisters collaborated with an enigmatic Splatlandian singer named Ian BGM on a new Splatfest battle song! Titled Liquid Sunshine, it's the audio equivalent of cherry-blossom petals dancing in the wind. Check it out—all players can hear it!"

- @SplatoonNA on Twitter

"The Squid Sisters and Splatsville songster Ian BGM sync up to serve you Liquid Sunshine, a fresh battle theme for a springtime Splatfest! You can look forward to this song even if you don't have the #Splatoon3: Expansion Pass."

- @NintendoEurope on Twitter