Ink Me Up

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Ink Me Up
Artist Squid Sisters
Vocals keity.pop
Mari Kikuma
Callie (in-game)
Marie (in-game)
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 2
Splatoon 3
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Heard in
Splatoon 		Splatfest Regular Battle
Squid Beatz
Squid Sisters amiibo
Heard in
Splatoon 2 		Splatfest battle (first day of Chaos vs. Order only)
Heard in
Splatoon 3 		Jukebox
Grand Festival Grounds
Splatfest battle (first two days of Past vs. Present vs. Future only)
Album Splatune
Splatoon Live in Makuhari -Shiokalive-
Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari -Tentalive-
Track list no. 3 (Splatune Disc 2)
22 (Splatoon Live in Makuhari)
2 (1st Concert, Splatoon Live in Makuhari)
11 (2nd Concert, Splatoon Live in Makuhari)
23 (Cho City 2016, Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari)
Genre Pop
Electronic
BPM 172
Key signature A minor
Length 2:13
Audio file

Ink Me Up is a song performed by the Squid Sisters.

Description

Ink Me Up is an energetic pop song, featuring the two cousins singing over an electronic composition, with a few elements of rock. When the song played in battles in Splatoon, Callie and Marie could be heard hyping up a crowd; one of their voice clips played at roughly 1:39. The team in the lead in the battle will have its respective idol cheer during the song. These voice clips are only played during Splatfest battles, but Callie and Marie do hype up the crowd in a similar fashion during their live performances. It was the only battle theme that played during Splatfests in Splatoon, other than Now or Never! during the final minute and a special version of the Calamari Inkantation during the end of the Callie vs. Marie Splatfest. It can also be heard in Squid Beatz after hearing it during a Splatfest, and it is included in Splatune and Splatoon Live in Makuhari -Shiokalive-.

The song returned in Splatoon 2 as a battle track for the first day of Chaos vs. Order. The Squid Sisters' chants are heard more often during this version of the song, always playing at 2:35, 1:59, 1:39, and 1:03. In Splatoon 3, the song can be heard in the jukebox if the player has downloaded the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass.

See also: Ink Me Up

Ink Me Up is also featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It has a chance of playing on Moray Towers, and can also be heard in the Sounds section in the Vault menu.

Lyrics

The booklet included with Splatune gives the official lyrics for Ink Me Up. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana simply gives the pronunciation.

Ink Me Up
Squid Sisters Japanese lyrics[1] Romanized lyrics
Callie Marie
うぃにぃ うぇりあ とゅってらてそかも
ひゃりひゃり へらほら ふぃにぃにぃ 		Winyi weria tyutteratesokamo
Hyarihyari Herahora Finyinyi
うぃにぃ うぇりあ とゅってらてに うぇのあ Winyi weria tyutterateni wenoa
にぃにぃねの Nyinyineno
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
ほにゃひらえ にゅるにの
うぇねにの のに うぇねのお
ほにゃひらえ にゅるりの
うぃーにぃ うぇーぬー ののにぬ 		Honyahirae nyurunino
Wenenino noni wenenoo
Honyahirae nyururino
Wiinyi wēnuu nononinu
めにふぃらえ ないねあ
ののうぃねに ののねお 		Menifirae nanineo
Nonowineni nononeo
ほにゃひ うぃーにーねえ Honyahi wiiniinē
ほにゃひ にーにーぬーぬーな な Honyahi niiniinuunuuna Na

Other versions

Ink Me Up (Live)

During live Squid Sisters concerts, an extended version of Ink Me Up is used. Although each performance is different due to the live bands, they retain the same strong structure. They all include parts of the song not found in the original, such as a new guitar riff throughout the song, guitar and keyboard solos, and a section where a modified version of the instrumental plays. Two recordings of this version from Shiokalive 2016 and Shiokalive at Chokaigi 2016 (labeled as 1st and 2nd live versions respectively) can be found in Splatoon Live in Makuhari -Shiokalive-.

During Shiokalive at Cho Party 2016 and Haicalive Kyoto Mix, a shortened version of the live arrangement is performed as part of a medley with City of Color. The first chorus transitions directly to the guitar solo instead of repeating the song's verse. There is also some extra chanting during the keyboard solo. A recording of the Cho Party 2016 performance can be found in Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari -Tentalive-.

Ink Me Up (Grand Festival)

During days one and two of Past vs. Present vs. Future Splatfest, an extended version of Ink Me Up plays, based on the live version.

Samples and interpolations

The Girl from Inkopolis

Main article: The Girl from Inkopolis

The song The Girl from Inkopolis by Turquoise October samples Ink Me Up, playing Callie's vocals in reverse,[2] as well as a percussion motif.

Gallery

  • Logo shown on the Squid Sisters' trucks during amiibo performances.

    Logo shown on the Squid Sisters' trucks during amiibo performances.

  • The poses in this promotional render come from the choreography for Ink Me Up.

    The poses in this promotional render come from the choreography for Ink Me Up.

  • Likewise with Marie's pose in this illustration.

    Likewise with Marie's pose in this illustration.

  • Marina has a sticker of the logo for the song on her laptop.

    Marina has a sticker of the logo for the song on her laptop.

Live performances

  • Callie and Marie during a performance of this song at Tokaigi 2016.

    Callie and Marie during a performance of this song at Tokaigi 2016.

  • Callie and Marie during a performance of this song at Chokaigi 2016.

    Callie and Marie during a performance of this song at Chokaigi 2016.

Trivia

  • A behind the scenes video was released showing the recording of Ink Me Up. However, the video itself uses the final recording instead of the raw performance.
  • Due to the end of Splatfests in Splatoon, it is now impossible to listen to Ink Me Up in Squid Beatz if the player has not participated in any Splatfests. Although one can still listen to the song through the amiibo performances, this still, however, does not unlock it in Squid Beatz.
  • There is a sticker of this song's logo on Marina's laptop. The physical disc of the album Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari -Tentalive-, which was designed after the laptop, also has this logo on it.
  • Due to Ink Me Up playing during the Splatoon 2 Final Fest and the Splatoon 3 Grand Festival, it is one of only two songs to have played during battles in all three games in the Splatoon series, the other being the Squid Sisters cover of Now or Never!.

Etymology

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese キミ色に染めて
Kimi-iro ni Somete		 Dye Me Your Color

References

  1. ↑ Splatune booklet
  2. ↑ YouTube Splatoon 2 -all Callie's reversed Samples in Turquoise October songs Splatoon 2 Hero Mode
General

Splattack! (Jam Session) • Inkopolis News • Lookin' Fresh • Lobby • Dubble Bath

Battle

Opening (Squid Squad) • Splattack! • Ink or Sink • Seaskape • Kraken Up • Metalopod • Shellfie • Split & Splat • Hooked • Sucker Punch • Now or Never! (Squid Squad) • Battle Victory • Battle Defeat

Splatfest

City of Color • Opening (Squid Sisters) • Ink Me Up • Now or Never! (Squid Sisters)

Octo Valley

Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme • Octo Valley • Eight-Legged Advance • Tentacular Circus • Cephaloparade • Inkstrike Shuffle • Octoling Rendezvous • Octoweaponry • I am Octavio • Calamari Inkantation • Maritime Memory • Onward! • SPLAT! • Sunken Scroll

amiibo only

Bomb Rush Blush • Tide Goes Out

Musicians

Squid Squad (Ichiya • Nami • Quinn • Murasaki) • Chirpy Chips (Harmony) • Hightide Era • Squid Sisters (Callie • Marie) • Turquoise October • DJ Octavio • DJ Lee Fish • Bob Dub

Soundtracks

Squid Beatz • Splatune • Splatoon Live in Makuhari

Live performances

Shiokalive 2016 • Squid Sisters 2nd Live Concert from Chokaigi 2016 • Squid Sisters at Japan Expo 2016 • Shiokalive at Cho Party 2016

General

Inkoming! (Cloud Demo) • Inkopolis News • New You • Without a Dop Doubt • The Shoal • Dubble Bath (DIY Remix)

Battle

Opening (Wet Floor) • Inkoming! • Rip Entry • Undertow • Don't Slip • Endolphin Surge • Shipwreckin' • Fins & Fiddles • Seafoam Shanty • Broken Coral • Riptide Rupture • Blitz It! • Wave Prism • Seasick • Kinetosis • Chopscrewey • Entropical • Now or Never! (Wet Floor) • Turf Master • Ink Another Day

Splatfest

Color Pulse • Opening (Off the Hook) • Ebb & Flow • Acid Hues • Muck Warfare • Now or Never! (Off the Hook) • Fest Zest • Party's Over • Ink Me Up • Now or Never! (Squid Sisters)

Salmon Run

Happy Little Workers • Surge & Submerge • Deluge Dirge • Fishing Frenzy • Frantic Aspic • Ever Further

Octo Canyon

Low Tide • Octo Canyon • Octo Eight-Step • The Girl from Inkopolis • Buoyant Boogie • Shooting Starfish • Tentacular Circus • Cephaloparade • Octoling Rendezvous • Octarmaments • Onward! • R.I.P. • Bomb Rush Blush (DJ Octavio) • Tidal Rush • Spicy Calamari Inkantation • Fresh Start

Octo Expansion

Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme (Octo) • Player Editor • Telephone's Theme • Inside the Deepsea Metro Subway Car • #0 shell • #5 thirsty • #1 progress • #6 frisk • #4 dunno • #2 ripped • #9 party • #8 regret • #14 crush • #13 shade • #16 salty • #12 awake • #11 above • TEST PASSED! • #19 bless • Thang Obtained • Completion • Nasty Majesty • Shark Bytes • Splattack! (Octo) • Actually It's Commander Tartar's Theme • The Plan • Last Battle Opening • Fly Octo Fly ~ Ebb & Flow (Octo) • Into the Light • Calamari Inkantation • Ebb & Flow (Demo) • #$@%* Dudes Be #$@%* Sleepin

Squid Beatz 2 only

Splattack! • Seaskape • Shellfie • Split & Splat • Hooked • Sucker Punch • Bomb Rush Blush • Tide Goes Out

Other

Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape

Musicians

Wet Floor • Bottom Feeders • Ink Theory (Yoko • Oonie • Kitamura) • Chirpy Chips (Harmony) • Diss-Pair (Quinn) • SashiMori • Grizzco Industries • ω-3 • Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Turquoise October • DJ Octavio • Squid Sisters (Callie • Marie) • Dedf1sh • DJ Real Sole • Bob Dub

Soundtracks

Squid Beatz 2 • Splatune 2 • Octotune • Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari

Live performances

Haicalive at Tokaigi 2018 • Off the Hook Concert at Polymanga 2018 • Haicalive at Chokaigi 2018 • Tentalive at Tokaigi 2019 • Haicalive Kyoto Mix

General

What's Your Style? • Clickbait (Splash Sessions Demo) • Anarchy Splatcast • Dripping with Style • Lookin' Fresh • New You • The Shoal

Battle

Opening (C-Side) • Clickbait • Headhammer • Triple Dip • Paintscraper • Splattack! (C-Side) • Sea Me Now • Sandy Side Up • Candy-Coated Rocks • Tentacle to the Metal • Ska-BLAM • Three-Horn Circus • Rockagilly Blues • Ripstop & Go • Aquasonic • Slopping Spree • No Quarters • Shifting Stars • No Plan Survives • Amalgamania • Seasource • Now or Never! (C-Side) • Rinse/Repeat • Learning Curve

Splatfest

Anarchy Poisons • Anarchy Rainbow • City of Color (2023) • Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today • Color Pulse (2024) • We're So Back • Soak & Stomp • Deepers Creepers • Yule Tide • Meadowlark • Suntan Ocean • Soak & Stomp (Grand Mix) • Opening (Deep Cut) • Fins in the Air • Till Depth Do Us Part • Liquid Sunshine • Big Betrayal • Suffer No Fools • Now or Never! (Deep Cut) • Ego Overboard • Still Swimmin' • Daybreaker Anthem • Maritime Memory • Into the Light • Spicy Calamari Inkantation • Ink Me Up • Ebb & Flow • Muck Warfare • Acid Hues • Three Wishes • Blushing Tide • Now or Never! (Squid Sisters) • Shark Bytes • Now or Never! (Off the Hook) • Rainbow Color Inkantation

Salmon Run

Happy Little Workers - 24/7 Mix • Surge & Submerge • Deluge Dirge • Fishing Frenzy • Frothy Waters • Toxic Anoxic • Frantic Aspic • Not Bad (Do Better) • Bait & Click (Mutation) • Bait & Click • Happy Little Workers - 24/7 Deep Mix • Double Clickbait • Not Bad (Catch Ya Better)

Tableturf Battle

Tableturf Level Selection • Tableturf Deck Selection • Tableturf Main Theme • Tableturf Three Turns Remaining • Tableturf Win Theme • Tableturf Loss or Draw Theme • Tableturf Card List

Return of the Mammalians

Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme • The Crater • Crater Eighters Routine • Mission Clear! (The Crater) • I'm Octavio (F34RME Remix) • Meeting the New Squidbeak Splatoon • Sandcastles • Sudden Depth • Two Shadows in the Sun • Dead Sea • Whirlpool Tune • Hyper Diver • Alterna Shimin Program M-01: Standard Course (Asagiri no Kaigansen) • Alterna Shimin Program M-02: Challenge Course (Yūgure no Ofushoa) • Nine Out of Tension • Underwater Neon • Flop to It • Smoke and Mirrors • Ride or Fry • With Flying Colors • Seep & Destroy • Marine Machines • #35 caught • Don't Flinch • Octoling Rendezvous • Mission Complete! (Alterna) • Deep Cut's Theme • Surprise and Shine • Treasure Obtained • In Filtration • Hide and Sleek • Smeared Canvas • Bear with Me • Calamari Inkantation 3MIX • Kyodai na Kedama • Wave Goodbye • Alterna Shimin Program M-??: mY dEAR

Side Order

Introduction • #0.1 style • Leaving with Pearl • Order Sector • Foyer • #12.2 awakened • Battle Tutorial • Tutorial Clear! • Enter Marina Agitando • Unconscience • Marina Rescued • Order's Theme • Side Order • Origin of Order • Dramatic Days • Elevator Theme • demol1sh • demoli2h • d3molish • jest1ng • je2ting • j3sting • rout1nes • routine2 • routin3s • souven1r • 2ouvenir • souv3nir • j1tters • jitter2 • jitt3rs • Floor Clear! • Boss Approaches • CΘld StΘrage • ΘctΘpticΘn • EchΘ Θnslaught • Boss Clear • Vending Machine Floor • The Magistrate of Order • Enter Overlorder • New World Order • Grayscaling • Spectrum Obligato ~ Ebb & Flow (Out of Order) • Conclusion • #47 onward• Order Sector (Post-Game) • Foyer (Post-Game) • Smollusk's Theme • Smollusk's Transformation • Short Order • Spire Cleared! • Spire Failure

Lobby

Sinkopated • Inkopolis Lobby • Without a Dop Doubt • Drip Feed • Inkopolis News (Squid Sisters) • Inkopolis News (Off the Hook) • Heliocentri City • Fuzzy Dazzler • Blop Bop • Gilded Cage • Dressed to Krill • Slick Moves • Belly Flop • Gillty • Pour It On • Pop 'n' Schlock • Clashing Colors • Dorsal Slicer • Opening (Squid Squad) • Splattack! (Squid Squad) • Ink or Sink • Seaskape • Kraken Up • Metalopod • Shellfie • Split & Splat • Hooked • Sucker Punch • Opening (Wet Floor) • Inkoming! • Rip Entry • Undertow • Don't Slip • Endolphin Surge • Shipwreckin' • Fins & Fiddles • Seafoam Shanty • Broken Coral • Riptide Rupture • Blitz It! • Wave Prism • Seasick • Kinetosis • Chopscrewey • Entropical

Jukebox only

Now or Never! (Squid Squad) • Now or Never! (Wet Floor) • City of Color • Calamari Inkantation • Bomb Rush Blush • Tide Goes Out • Fresh Start • Bomb Rush Blush (DJ Octavio) • Tidal Rush • Color Pulse • Nasty Majesty • Fly Octo Fly - Ebb & Flow (Octo)

Musicians

C-Side (Kiki) • Front Roe (Ichiya • Nami • Murasaki) • Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Yoko & the Gold Bazookas (Yoko • Oonie • Kitamura) • H2Whoa • Chirpy Chips (Harmony) • Riot Act (Kiki) • SashiMori • Grizzco • ω-3 • Ancho-V Games • Deep Cut (Shiver • Frye • Big Man) • Squid Sisters (Callie • Marie) • Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Turquoise October • DJ Octavio • Octoplush • Stars in the Deep • Mimicry • Wash Out • Firefly • On the Clock • Anxiety Society • Dedf1sh • Free Association • Seven Seas Crew • Backwash • Turf Love • Wading Room • New Shores • Bonfire • All Swell • Coral Kiss • Crevasse • Aquariyum • Pianissimo • Missing Ink • Chroma Chaos • Medusa • Nothing in My Wave • Anglerfish • Bloody Hook • Decksterity • Saplings • Reel Deel • Now or Never Seven

Soundtracks

Jukebox • Splatune 3 • Ordertune

Live performances

Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022 • Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO

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