2ouvenir

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2ouvenir
Artist Free Association
Game Splatoon 3 (Side Order only)
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Floors from 11F to 19F with the objective "Sink the ∞-ball(s)!"
Featured in Splatoon 3 Jukebox
Ordertune – disc 1, track 25
BPM 136
Key signature A major, E♭ major
Length 2:24
Sample

2ouvenir is a song performed by Free Association in Side Order. It is played on floors 11F to 19F during "Sink the ∞-ball(s)!" missions.

Description

2ouvenir is mostly electronic, containing very few instruments, and bears strong resemblance to souven1r. The song also has very little sung words. The acoustic instruments audible are a violin and a woodwind of some sort. The rest is mostly electronic sound effects. There is a section in the song where the tempo changes to a more frantic and unsettling feeling, with the key also changing in this part. This section is also where the main motif of the series of "Sink the ∞-ball(s)!" songs is heard.

Etymology

The name souven1r is formed by replacing the letter "s" in "souvenir" with the number "2". Souvenir refers to an object or trinket considered to be a memento, ultimately derived from the French souvenir, meaning "to remember". As this song plays in ∞-ball-escorting floors, the song's title is likely a nod to the Octo Expansion's own 8-ball stations, referring to the ball escort mission objective as a "souvenir" from the Deepsea Metro. The naming scheme of replacing one letter of a word with the number 1, 2, or 3 is present in all floor songs for Side Order and derives from leetspeak.

See also