Lookin' Fresh

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Lookin' Fresh (Cooler Heads)
Artist DJ Lee Fish
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon
Cooler Heads
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Cooler Heads
Featured in Splatune – disc 1, track 23
Nintendo Music – link
Genre Electronic
Hip Hop
BPM 91
Key signature G major
Length 1:30
0:55 (Sample in Splatune)
Sample

Lookin' Fresh (Jelly Fresh)
Artist DJ Lee Fish
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon
Jelly Fresh
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Jelly Fresh
Featured in Splatune – disc 1, track 23
Nintendo Music – link
Genre Electronic
Hip Hop
BPM 91
Key signature G major
Length 1:30
0:22 (Sample in Splatune)
Sample

Lookin' Fresh (Shrimp Kicks)
Artist DJ Lee Fish
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 2
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon
Shrimp Kicks
Heard in
Splatoon 2
Crust Bucket (Inkopolis Square version)
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Shrimp Kicks
Featured in Splatoon Squid Beatz – track 25
Splatune – disc 1, track 23
Nintendo Music – link
Genre Electronic
Hip Hop
BPM 91
Key signature G major
Length 1:30
0:55 (Sample in Splatune)
Sample

Lookin' Fresh (Ammo Knights)
Artist DJ Lee Fish
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon
Ammo Knights
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Ammo Knights (Inkopolis Plaza)
Featured in Splatune – disc 1, track 23
Nintendo Music – link
Genre Electronic
Hip Hop
BPM 91
Key signature G major
Length 1:30
0:15 (Sample in Splatune)
Sample

Lookin' Fresh (Hotlantis)
Artist DJ Lee Fish
Game Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Hotlantis (Inkopolis Plaza)
Genre Electronic
Hip Hop
BPM 91
Key signature G major
Length 1:30
Sample

Lookin' Fresh is a song by DJ Lee Fish.

Description

Lookin' Fresh is an electronic composition, with many influences from old-school hip-hop. The song has an emphasis on the Inkling vocals, which appear to be rapping, along with a section that has multiple Inklings chanting. The song plays in Booyah Base in Splatoon and Splatoon 3, with each of the four different shops having its own version of the song that matches the personalities of the shopkeepers:

  • The version heard in Cooler Heads has louder treble, emphasizing vocals, and minimal percussion, giving it a weaker sound in that respect. This is a reflection of Annie's shy and detached personality, as well as the fact that she sells gear for the top part of the buyer's body, hence the emphasis on the treble.
  • The version heard in Jelly Fresh is faded out except for the melody, the "center", because Jelonzo's gear is worn on the middle part of the body. It also has many bubbly sound effects in the background, reflecting his bubbly and ecstatic personality as well as referencing his gelatinous species.
  • The Shrimp Kicks version has high bass and emphasizes percussion, because Crusty Sean's gear corresponds to the lower part of the body. Furthermore, the heavy beat gives it a bouncy sound, reflecting his outgoing personality.
  • The Ammo Knights version is more distant, showing Sheldon's separation from the others as a weapons dealer. It also has static and other sounds reminiscent of a military radio, as a reference to his obsession with the military.

Lookin' Fresh also appears in Squid Beatz, in which the Shrimp Kicks version of the song is used.

Other versions

Lookin' Fresh (Splatune)

The version included in Splatune is a medley of all four versions of Lookin' Fresh, with each version being separated by the same sound effect as if one was switching through the shops in Booyah Base with the L and R buttons. It begins with the Cooler Heads version, later switching to the Jelly Fresh version at the 43-second mark. At 1:05, it switches to the Ammo Knights version, and it switches for the final time at 1:20, after which the Shrimp Kicks version plays for the rest of the track (which ends at 2:15). Each version does not get an equal amount of time, with the Shrimp Kicks version playing at the end with the longest duration of all versions.

Lookin' Fresh (Inkopolis Square)

In Splatoon 2, part of the Shrimp Kicks version of Lookin' Fresh can be heard blaring out of speakers when near the Crust Bucket in Inkopolis Square, referencing Crusty Sean's former store. This version is a more simplified version of the beat, with higher bass as well as reverb and distortion.

Lookin' Fresh (Hotlantis)

Another version of Lookin' Fresh is heard in Hotlantis in Inkopolis Plaza in Splatoon 3. When accessing the track in-game, a high-pass filter is added over the audio file to reflect how the player is accessing the shop through a terminal. Samples of synthetic tones and vocal clips from Dripping with Style, the shop theme in Splatsville, are used in this version; they are reminiscent of Chirpy Chips songs, possibly referencing the shop's clerk, Harmony, being a member of said band.

Samples and interpolations

New You

Main article: New You

In Splatoon 2, New You by DJ Real Sole replaces Lookin' Fresh as the shop theme and heavily samples Lookin' Fresh's melody.