Shark Bytes
Artist | Off the Hook |
Vocals | Rina Itou Alice Pearl (in-game) Marina (in-game) |
Game | Splatoon 2 Splatoon 3 |
Heard in Splatoon 2 |
Splatfest Battle (Chaos vs. Order only) Squid Beatz 2 Escape 05 Diaphragm Phase Escape 06 Peristalsis Phase |
Heard in Splatoon 3 |
Jukebox |
Album | Octotune |
Track list no. | 14 (Octotune Disc 1) 81 (Squid Beatz 2) |
Genre | Pop Electronic |
BPM | 132 |
Key signature | D minor |
Length | 3:34 3:47 (Octotune) |
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Shark Bytes is a song performed by Off the Hook.
Description
Shark Bytes is an electro house-inspired track from Octo Expansion. It opens with Marina singing alone over electronic beats. Pearl shortly replaces her with rapping afterwards, followed by Marina repeating her verse over Pearl's rapping. Pearl's rapping stops as Marina transitions into the chorus, at which point the music intensifies, mostly featuring Marina with some rapping by Pearl. After this, the song loops.
In Splatoon 3, the song can be heard in the jukebox as of Version 7.0.0 if the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass has been downloaded.
Lyrics
The booklet included with Octotune gives the official lyrics for Shark Bytes. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana and katakana simply give the pronunciation. According to a Famitsu interview,[1] the former is used to indicate Pearl's lyrics in Inkling language, whereas the latter is used to indicate Marina's lyrics in Octarian language.
Japanese version
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ブラ! ファディサクシュン ブラ! ファディサクシュン ※ けんしょんてんしょん べすとぅけんしょん にじゃたちゃ にばすふろや ブラ! ファディサクシュン Uh... ※ くりかえし |
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Romaji version
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Bura! Fadisakushun Bura! Fadisakushun ※ Kenshontenshon besutukenshon Nijatacha nibasufuroya Bura! Fadisakushun Uh... ※ Repeat Bechudu bechunu |
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Localized version
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Bra! Fadisakshun Bra! Fadisakshun ※ Kenshontenshon bestoukenshon Nijatacha nibasfroya Bra! Fadisakshun Uh... ※ Repeat Bechudu bechunu |
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Samples and Interpolations
The Plan
- Main article: The Plan
At one point, The Plan interpolates Marina's singing from Shark Bytes in the form of some background note melodies.
Other versions
Shark Bytes (Live)
During live concerts starring only Off the Hook, an extended version of Shark Bytes is used. Although each performance is different due to the live bands, they retain the same strong structure. The intro is greatly extended to allow for Off the Hook to have a "costume change" and return on-stage. In the second loop of the song, Pearl's rap before the chorus is removed, and there is a new guitar-heavy instrumental after the second chorus, continuing with the end of the verse and another chorus. The song is also given a definitive ending with an instrumental based on the intro.
Final Fest trailer
In the Chaos vs. Order trailer,[2] a shorter, more dramatic version with no vocals or electronic sounds is used, based on Marina's repeating vocals. This theme also incorporates motifs from Calamari Inkantation and Ebb & Flow.
Shark Bytes (Final Fest)
This version was heard as a Splatfest battle theme during the first day of Chaos vs. Order. It remains mostly the same, but most of the intro is removed, the break before the loop is longer, and it is slightly sped up.
Etymology
Shark Bytes is a pun on "shark bites" and "bytes" (possibly referencing the song's electronic style or the retro style of the Octo Expansion in general).
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ミッドナイト・ボルテージ Middonaito Borutēji |
Midnight Voltage |
References
- ↑ イイダのパートはイカと 言語 が 違 う https://www.famitsu.com/news/201711/17145896.html
- ↑ [1]
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