We're So Back

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We're So Back
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Artist Off the Hook
Vocals Rina Itou
Alice
Pearl (in-game)
Marina (in-game)
Game Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Inkopolis Square (after the Halftime Report during Splatfests)

We're So Back [1] is a song performed by Off the Hook.

Samples and interpolations

Side Order boss floor cleared jingle

Parts of the opening melody of We're So Back is interpolated as the jingle that plays after clearing a boss floor in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

Music video

The music video for We're So Back was officially released on 19 March 2024, three days before the start of the Drums vs. Guitar vs. Keyboard Splatfest and Lightly Salted vs. Consommé vs. Salted Seaweed Splatfest.

Trivia

  • The music video of this song was accidentally made public by Nintendo of America via YouTube on 18 March 2024 at around 13:00 UTC, before it was officially announced by @SplatoonJP or @SplatoonNA on Twitter, and erroneously used the video thumbnail and description for Color Pulse (2024).[1][2] This video was removed several hours later at around 16:40 UTC.
  • Off the Hook's performance of We're So Back in Inkopolis Square is the first in-game appearance of Marina's keytar, which had previously only been seen in live performances of Muck Warfare and Anarchy Rainbow.

Etymology

"We're so back" is a phrase commonly used in streaming and gaming culture for when, after an especially bad event, things seem to turn for the better. It can also be said when something reminiscent of a previous installment of a series is added to a newer game. In-universe, it refers to the end of Off the Hook's world tour and their return to Inkopolis Square.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese ヘッドライナーズ・ハイ [3]
Heddoraināzu Hai
Headlines High

References