Ink or Sink

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Ink or Sink
S Band Squid Squad.jpg
Artist Squid Squad
Composer Toru Minegishi
Arrangement Toru Minegishi
Vocals Hiroaki Takeuchi
Ichiya (in-game)
Quinn (in-game)
Guitar Susumu Nishikawa
Yoshihiko Haga
Ichiya (in-game)
Bass TABOKUN
Quinn (in-game)
Drums Akira Tsuneoka
Murasaki (in-game)
Keyboards Nami (in-game)
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Heard in
Splatoon
Multiplayer
Squid Beatz
Heard in
Splatoon 3
lobby
Jukebox
Album Splatune
Fresh Kids (in-game)
Track list no. 2 (Squid Beatz)
4 (Splatune Disc 1)
Genre Rock
Electronic
BPM 206
Key signature B major
B Locrian
Length 2:37
Audio file
For the Splatoon online tournament, see Competitive:Ink or Sink.

Ink or Sink is a song performed by Squid Squad.

Description

Like most Squid Squad music, Ink or Sink features a blend of rock and electronic music, starting with an intro that places emphasis on the synthesizers and guitars, before moving to a section with alternating vocals in the Inkling language. During the chorus, the song abruptly switches to heavy metal, with deeper vocals by Quinn, before switching back after looping. It is one of the five battle songs released with Splatoon at launch, and like all battle songs, it has a random chance of being played during online matches. It can also be heard in Squid Beatz, and it is included in Splatune. In Splatoon 3, this song can sometimes play in the lobby.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

See also: Ink or Sink

It is also featured in the soundtrack for 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.

Other versions

Ink or Sink (+ de 80 armes)

A clip of this version could be heard during a French Splatoon commercial. The background music is nearly identical to the original song, but the vocals are completely different. This version uses more echoey and muffled vocals compared to the usual high pitched ones from Ichiya.

Trivia

  • In April 2016, Ink or Sink was added to Daigasso! Band Brothers P.
  • During a Splatoon 2 event that took place from 12 July 2019 to 15 July 2019 in Tetris 99, getting 100 or more points awarded the player with a Splatoon theme, changing the graphics, music, and sound effects to those from the franchise. When this theme is applied, Ink or Sink is heard when there are 50 players left in the match, switching from Splattack!. It continues to play until there are 10 players left in the match when the music switches to Now or Never!.
  • Through the fictional interview contained in the Splatune booklet, it was revealed that Ink or Sink was the first song Squid Squad wrote after Splattack!, and features Murasaki using his many spines as sticks on the drums.

Etymology

The name Ink or Sink comes from the phrase "swim or sink", with the change to "ink" making it rhyme.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese Ink or Sink