Shark Bytes

Shark Bytes​

Shark Bytes

Artist	Off the Hook
Vocals	Rina Itou Alice Peralta Pearl (in-game) Marina (in-game)
Game	Splatoon 2 Splatoon 3
Heard in Splatoon 2	Splatfest Battle (Chaos vs. Order only) Squid Beatz 2 Escape 05 Diaphragm Phase Escape 06 Peristalsis Phase
Heard in Splatoon 3	Splatfest Battle (Past vs. Present vs. Future only) Jukebox
Album	Octotune
Track list no.	14 (Octotune Disc 1) 81 (Squid Beatz 2)
Genre	Pop Electronic
BPM	132
Key signature	D minor F major
Length	3:34 3:47 (Octotune)
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Shark Bytes is a song performed by Off the Hook.

Description

Shark Bytes is an electro house-inspired track from Octo Expansion. It opens with Marina singing alone over electronic beats. Pearl shortly replaces her with rapping afterwards, followed by Marina repeating her verse over Pearl's rapping. Pearl's rapping stops as Marina transitions into the chorus, at which point the music intensifies, mostly featuring Marina with some rapping by Pearl. After this, the song loops.

In Splatoon 3, the song can be heard in the jukebox as of version 7.0.0 if the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass has been downloaded.

Lyrics

The booklet included with Octotune gives the official lyrics for Shark Bytes. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana and katakana simply give the pronunciation. According to a Famitsu interview, the former is used to indicate Pearl's lyrics in Inkling language, whereas the latter is used to indicate Marina's lyrics in Octarian language.

Shark Bytes
Off the Hook		Japanese lyrics	Romanized lyrics
Pearl	Marina
		ブラ! ファディサクシュン ソデュレイジュン スダウェ キュ! シャストゥデリ メスユ ロドバスタ ジャスカネイ	Bura! Fadisakushun Sodyureijun sudawe Kyu! Shasutuderi mesuyu Rodobasuta jasukanei
		ブラ! ファディサクシュン ミュリネイキュン アダワ キュ! パンクレイニ メスユ...	Bura! Fadisakushun Myurineikyun adawa Kyu! Pankureini mesuyu...
		けんしょんてんしょん べすとぅけんしょん てすたてすと ばすとんていん えすたないしゅん らすたらいしゅん でちゃばいざ とすてぃんれいん	Kenshontenshon besutukenshon Tesutatesuto basutontein Esutanaishun rasutaraishun Dechabaiza tosutinrein
		にじゃたちゃ にばすふろや そやぶろざ くろろぶゆ うぃけんたいめん すらいぜんりゅほ ちゅのわぱぱぱちゅ ブラ! ファディサクシュン ソデュレイジュン スダウェ	Nijatacha nibasufuroya Soyaburoza kurorobuyu Wikentaimen suraizenryuho Chunowapapapachu Bura! Fadisakushun Sodyureijun sudawe
		けんしょんてんしょん べすとぅけんしょん てすたてすと ばすとんていん えすたないしゅん らすたらいしゅん でちゃばいざ とすてぃんれいん ブラ! ファディサクシュン ミュリネイキュン アダワ	Kenshontenshon besutukenshon Tesutatesuto basutontein Esutanaishun rasutaraishun Dechabaiza tosutinrein Bura! Fadisakushun Myurineikyun adawa
		キュ! シャストゥデリ メスユ ロドバスタ ジャスカネイ	Kyu! Shasutuderi mesuyu... Rodobasuta jasukanei
		Uh...	Uh...
		けんしょんてんしょん べすとぅけんしょん てすたてすと ばすとんていん えすたないしゅん らすたらいしゅん でちゃばいざ とすてぃんれいん Uh...	Kenshontenshon besutukenshon Tesutatesuto basutontein Esutanaishun rasutaraishun Dechabaiza tosutinrein Uh...
		べちゅどぅ べちゅぬ べちゅごいんだぱ ひとぅペい べちゅどぅ べちゅぬ わかかかか べすてんしょんうぇい Uh...	Bechudu bechunu Bechugoindapa hitupei Bechudu bechunu Wakakakaka besutenshon'wei Uh...

Samples and interpolations

The Plan

Main article: The Plan

At one point, The Plan interpolates Marina's singing from Shark Bytes in the form of some background note melodies.

Other versions

Shark Bytes (Live)

During live concerts starring only Off the Hook, an extended version of Shark Bytes is used. Although each performance is different due to the live bands, they retain the same strong structure. The intro is greatly extended to allow for Off the Hook to have a "costume change" and return on-stage. In the second loop of the song, Pearl's rap before the chorus is removed, and there is a new guitar-heavy instrumental after the second chorus, continuing with the end of the verse and another chorus. The song is also given a definitive ending with an instrumental based on the intro.

Final Fest trailer

In the Chaos vs. Order trailer, a shorter, more dramatic version with no vocals or electronic sounds is used, based on Marina's repeating vocals. This theme also incorporates motifs from Calamari Inkantation, Muck Warfare, and Ebb & Flow.

Shark Bytes (Final Fest)

This version was heard as a Splatfest battle theme during the first day of Chaos vs. Order in Splatoon 2. It remains mostly the same, but most of the intro is removed, the break before the loop is longer, and it is sped up by 6.061% (from 132 to 140 BPM).

Shark Bytes (Grand Festival)

Another version of Shark Bytes appeared as battle music in the Past vs. Present vs. Future Splatfest in Splatoon 3 from the second day onwards. It is very similar to the Final Fest version from Splatoon 2, but with new mixing and the extended break removed.

Etymology

Shark Bytes is a pun on "shark bites" and "bytes", possibly referencing the song's electronic style or the retro style of the Octo Expansion in general.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ミッドナイト・ボルテージ Middonaito Borutēji	Midnight Voltage