Hooked

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Hooked
Artist Hightide Era
Vocals Taka (in-game)
Piano Taka (in-game)
Guitar Takafumi "CO-K" Koukei
Nishida (in-game)
Drums Kuze (in-game)
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon
Multiplayer
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Lobby
Featured in Splatoon Squid Beatz – track 30
Splatoon 2 Squid Beatz 2 – track 39 (unlocked through Inkling Squid amiibo)
Splatoon 3 Jukebox
Splatune - disc 1, track 15
Genre Piano rock
BPM 184
Key signature G Major
Length 2:29 (Splatune)
Sample

Not to be confused with Off the Hook or their catchphrase, "Don't get cooked... Stay off the hook!".

Hooked is a song performed by Hightide Era.

Description

Hooked features a brief, dissonant piano intro, leading into an intense piano beat backed by synth and drums. The vocals in this song are sung in the Inkling language and are generally low-pitched. The hook features a melody first played on piano and synth, then played again on guitar, before the song loops. Hooked was one of four songs added in version 2.0.0 of Splatoon. Like all battle songs, it has a random chance of being played during online matches.

It was first teased with a snippet from the Squid Research Lab post introducing Hightide Era.[1]

In Splatoon 2, Hooked can be unlocked to listen in Squid Beatz 2 as a final reward from the Inkling Squid amiibo. It cannot be heard anywhere else in the base game. It has a maximum score of 223 and 285 in Normal and Hard modes, respectively.

In Splatoon 3, Hooked can sometimes play in the lobby.

Other versions

Hooked (Live)

A live version of Hooked was performed during day 2 of the Nintendo Switch Experience 2017 event. The live arrangement is similar to the in-game version but with the addition of an extended bridge around the part of the song where, normally, it would loop.[2]

Trivia

Etymology

Hooked can be interpreted as a double meaning, one referring to being addicted to something, and the other being a reference to fishing hooks.

References