Big Betrayal
| Artist | Deep Cut |
| Arrangement | Big Man (in-game) |
| Lyricist | Big Man (in-game)[1] |
| Vocals | Anna Sato Laura Yokozawa Shiver (in-game) Frye (in-game) Big Man (in-game) |
| Game | Splatoon 3 |
| Heard in Splatoon 3 |
Splatfest Battle Tricolor Battle Jukebox |
| Genre | EDM |
| BPM | 152 |
| Key signature | A minor, Bb minor |
| Length | 1:31 (first verse) 2:55 (first loop with both verses) 1:42 (music video) |
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Big Betrayal is a song performed by Deep Cut. It is one of five songs that can play during Splatfest battles in Splatoon 3, added into rotation during Drizzle Season 2023 and first being used in the Shiver vs. Frye vs. Big Man Splatfest.
Description
Big Betrayal is a midtempo EDM track with elements of house and J-pop. 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 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 only lyrics available for the first half of the song, as the second is not featured in the music video.
| S: Shiver | F: Frye | B: Big Man |
Big Betrayal Lyrics (Japanese version)
Big Betrayal Lyrics (romanized from Japanese version)
Big Betrayal Lyrics (official romanization and translation)
Music video
The music video for Big Betrayal was released on 25 August 2023. 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.
Other versions
Big Betrayal (Live)
During the Splatoon 3 Live Concert at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, an extended version of Big Betrayal is used.
In this version, the arguing is changed to instead focus on Big Man allowing Off the Hook onstage when they arrived unexpectedly during Shiver and Frye's break.
| S: Shiver | F: Frye | B: Big Man |
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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[18]
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| “ | 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[19]
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Gallery
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Deep Cut as they appear in the promotional video for Big Betrayal
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Different version
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The photograph seen in Frye's hand
Trivia
- Each idol's main concerns as expressed in the translated argument portion of the song in the music video 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.
- Additionally, in the interview between Marie, Marina, and Big Man in Splatune 3, Big Man hints at their positions by saying that Shiver wants to be rich and Frye wants to be famous, but that he wants to bring Inkopolis and the Splatlands together.
- 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.
- Big Betrayal and Suffer No Fools are the only two songs to have any of their lyrics translated.
- This song seems to have a very similar beginning to a song written by Bentley Jones called "Dreams of an Absolution", which uses a part from a song that released in 1998 called "Music Sounds Better With You" by Stardust.
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 also refer to Big Man.
Names in other languages
The name of the song is the same as English in all languages except for Japanese.
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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鉄槌ピシャゲルド Tettsui Pishagerudo |
Smackdown Crackdown "Smackdown" comes from ピシャゲルド, which is a corrupted version of ひしゃげるぞ, meaning "I'll beat you up" in Hiroshima dialect. "Crackdown" comes from 鉄槌, which means "iron hammer", but can also refer to cracking down on incorrect activity. |
Notes
References
- ↑
@SplatoonJP on Twitter
- ↑
スプラトゥーン3 バンカライブ 轟(ゴウ) [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (Nintendo of America)
- ↑ Splatoon 3 live concert featuring Deep Cut [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (Nintendo UK)
- ↑ Splatoon 3 live concert featuring Deep Cut [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (NintendoAU)
- ↑ Concerto Splatoon 3 com os Deep Cut [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ Splatoon 3-liveconcert met Deep Cut [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (Nintendo Nederland)
- ↑ Splatoon 3-liveconcert met Deep Cut [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (Nintendo België)
- ↑ Concert en direct Splatoon 3 Live avec Tridenfer [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (Nintendo of America)
- ↑ Concert Splatoon 3 avec les Tridenfer [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (Nintendo France)
- ↑ Concert Splatoon 3 avec les Tridenfer [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO] (NintendoBelgique)
- ↑ Splatoon 3-Livekonzert mit Surimi Syndicate [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ Concerto del Trio Triglio di Splatoon 3 [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ Concierto en vivo de Splatoon 3 con la presentación del Clan Surimi [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ Concierto de Splatoon 3 interpretado por el Clan Surimi [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ 蠻頹Live轟[Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ 스플래툰 3 삼합파 콘서트 굉 [Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]
- ↑ @SplatoonNA on Twitter
- ↑ @NintendoEurope on Twitter
