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'''Interview: Shiver, Frye, and Big Man of Deep Cut will steal your heart''' is the headline of an in-universe news article published on the official ''Splatoon 3'' site on {{date|2023-01-30}}. The article focuses on [[Deep Cut]]'s statuses as [[Anarchy Splatcast]] hosts as well as their musical debut, work process, and inspirations. It also gives insight on the band's personal background, delving into the history of the relationship between its three members.
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==Transcript==
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Whether you're tuning in to the Anarchy Splatcast or boppin' to the beat during a Splatfest, sooner or later you'll catch sight of Deep Cut. This tricky trio—composed of Shiver, Frye, and Big Man—has taken the Splatlands by storm. We sat down with the group for an ink-lightening chat about how they came together, how they wrote their hit anthem "Anarchy Rainbow," and more.<br><br>

;''Who is Deep Cut?''

''A unit based in the Splatlands composed of Shiver, Frye, and Big Man. Each of their unique voices and dances become a trinity, engulfing those who see it into whirling waves of chaos. After being selected as the hosts of Anarchy Splatcast, they have been gaining popularity among the younger generation.''<br><br>

;The three of you have really settled in as hosts of the Anarchy Splatcast, haven't you?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' Well, thank you! We couldn't have done it without our adoring fans.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Hah! If you ask me, Shiver and Big Man could still loosen up a bit. Improv some, y'know?<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay... (Frye, that isn't in the script...)<br><br>

;I know you all have a lot of history together. Didn't your families get together frequently when you were growing up? Have you all been friends since childhood?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay. Ay? Ay. (I wouldn't say friends. Friendly? We knew each other. We knew OF each other.)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' It's true. We sort of just said "hi" in passing.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' I don't know about y'all, but I was WAY too busy with dance lessons and eel training and stuff like that to have, like, real friends.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' But you used to sneak out all the time!<br><br>

;Huh! I guess my research failed me. I thought you were all lifelong friends.

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Well, we did start to become close around middle school or so. Right?<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' Yeah, that's right. Frye and I were in the same class, and I could tell that she was a little bit wild, a little bit reckless. I sort of looked after her.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Y-you? Looked after ME? If anything, it was the other way around!<br><br>

;Well, at some point, you must have started to mesh.

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Oh yeah. We bonded over music. We used to literally sing from the school rooftop!<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' Right! We used to belt out Calamari Inkantation from up there. You know that one, don't you? It goes, "Buh, duh-dee, dah-dee, buh-duh-dah-dee-dah..."<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' C'mon, everyone knows that one. But yeah, that's when we realized that a cappella wasn't going to cut it.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' We knew Big Man a little bit, and I heard he was good on piano. So we asked him to see what he could do with the track.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay. Ay! (I was so nervous. I thought you wanted to fight me, or something!)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' What?!<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! (I'm nervous again!)<br><br>

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;Well, you were "discovered" a few years later, and the rest is history. Now you're the face of Splatfests in Splatsville!

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' We're the face of Splatfests AND banditing. If there's loot to be looted, we'll loot it!<br><br>

;Sorry—what's this "loot" you speak of?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay. (Oh, she's obsessed with this particular card game<ref group="note">Although Frye shows enthusiasm when challenged in a [[Tableturf Battle]], this could simply be attributed to her overall personality. Big Man's comment about Tableturf Battle cards is meant to cover up her Freudian slip (revealing the three of them are bandits). Whether Frye is or is not a card collector is not backed up by any other source and, therefore, unclear.</ref>. She has to have all the cards.)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' Um, this interview is going off the rails. Can we refocus?<br><br>

;Of course—my apologies. Let me ask you about the song Anarchy Rainbow. You performed it at a recent Splatfest, didn't you? Big Man, I know you do a lot of composition. Was that one that you wrote?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! Ay. (Actually, the inspiration for that song came from Frye! We were eating at a food cart when she looked up, mouth FULL of okonomiyaki, and shouted, "I'm a genius!")<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Yep! I figured out that if you stack the okonomiyaki and put the pickles on top—<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! Ay! (No, not the part about the okonomiyaki stack! The idea you had for combining the traditional school songs and dances into something new!)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' I'm getting there! Yeesh!<br><br>

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;I think I get it! You stacked the different types of music together like okonomiyaki, and the different "flavors" combined to make something new and delicious. It's a wonderful concept, but was it challenging to execute?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! Ay. (It was! Each school uses different instrumentation and techniques. Bringing them together into a cohesive sound took about six weeks or so.)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' You should've seen Big Man at the end. Dried up like an uncooked lasagna noodle.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! (You're the one who sent me back to the drawing board seven times!)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' Well, that's what made it good, right? Your music and lyrics may have had a little bit to do with it as well.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Don't forget the demo that Big Man made! I can't believe he could still sing like that when he was all dried out.<br><br>

;Big Man recorded the demo?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' He did. But he knew that me and Frye would put our own spin on it in terms of singing.<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Do I have to be the one to tell 'em that I wrote the rap part and came up with the title?!<br><br>

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;Now, Deep Cut is obviously one of a kind. But have you taken inspiration from any other artists out there today?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! Ay. (Of course! I'm a big fan of Front Roe—you can learn a lot from them. And C-Side has been making great music for a long time.)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' We even covered their big hit "Now or Never"!<br><br>

;Front Roe and C-Side... Yeah, I think I can hear the influence!

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay. Ay. (We listen to everything though. Right now I'm really into this one DJ from Inkopolis<ref group="note">The DJ in question is [[Marina]]. This may have foreshadowed [[Off the Hook]]'s appearance at the [[Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO|''Splatoon 3'' Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO]], where it is revealed that Big Man "reached out to Marina for a collab".</ref>.)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' Did I hear Inkopolis?<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay! (Eep!)<br><br>

;We're almost out of time, but before we wrap up...what's next for Deep Cut?

'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay. Ay. (Well, we're still trying to hype up the Anarchy Splatcast. I feel like we're just getting started.)<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' I just want to write more anthems for Splatfests!<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Shiver RotM}});">Shiver:</span>''' They can't all be anthems, Frye. Maybe we should write a ballad for everyone who participates. A battle ballad!<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Frye RotM}});">Frye:</span>''' You heard her, Big Man. Get on it!<br>
'''<span style="color: rgb({{Text color|Big Man RotM}});">Big Man:</span>''' Ay... (This is going to be due tomorrow, isn't it...)

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==External links==
* [https://splatoon.nintendo.com/en/news/interview-shiver-frye-and-big-man-of-deep-cut-will-steal-your-heart/ {{S3Site}} Splatoon™ 3 – Interview: Shiver, Frye, and Big Man of Deep Cut will steal your heart]
* [https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2023/January/An-interview-with-Deep-Cut-the-hosts-of-Splatoon-3-s-Anarchy-Splatcast--2328304.html {{NES}} An interview with Deep Cut, the hosts of Splatoon 3's Anarchy Splatcast!]

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