Shark Bytes

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Shark Bytes
S2 Band Off the Hook.png
Artist Off the Hook
Vocals Rina Itou
Alice
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
Jukebox
Album Octotune
Track list no. 14 (Octotune Disc 1)
81 (Squid Beatz 2)
Genre Pop
Electronic
BPM 132
Key signature D minor
Length 3:34
3:47 (Octotune)
Audio file

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,[1] 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.

Japanese version

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

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...

※ 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

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
ミュリネイキュン アダワ
キュ! シャストゥデリ メスユ
ロドバスタ ジャスカネイ

Uh...

※ くりかえし
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

Romaji version

Bura! Fadisakushun
Sodyureijun sudawe
Kyu! Shasutuderi mesuyu
Rodobasuta jasukanei

Bura! Fadisakushun
Myurineikyun adawa
Kyu! Pankureini mesuyu...

※ Kenshontenshon besutukenshon
Tesutatesuto basutontein
Esutanaishun rasutaraishun
Dechabaiza tosutinrein

Nijatacha nibasufuroya
Soyaburoza kurorobuyu
Wikentaimen suraizenryuho
Chunowapapapachu

Bura! Fadisakushun
Myurineikyun adawa
Kyu! Shasutuderi mesuyu...
Rodobasuta jasukanei

Uh...

※ Repeat

Bechudu bechunu
Bechugoindapa hitupei
Bechudu bechunu
Wakakakaka besutenshon'wei

Localized version

Bra! Fadisakshun
Sodyureijun sudawe
Kyu! Shastouderi mesyu
Rodobasta jaskanei

Bra! Fadisakshun
Myurineikyun adawa
Kyu! Pankureini mesyu...

Kenshontenshon bestoukenshon
Testatesto bastontein
Estanaishun rastaraishun
Dechabaiza tostinrein

Nijatacha nibasfroya
Soyabroza kurorobuyu
Wikentaimen suraizenryuho
Chunowapapapachu

Bra! Fadisakshun
Myurineikyun adawa
Kyu! Shastouderi mesyu...
Rodobasta jaskanei

Uh...

※ Repeat

Bechudu bechunu
Bechugoindapa hitupei
Bechudu bechunu
Wakakakaka bestenshon'wei

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,[2] 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 and Ebb & Flow.

Shark Bytes (Final Fest)

This version was heard as a Splatfest battle theme during the first day of Chaos vs. Order. It remains mostly the same, but most of the intro is removed, the break before the loop is longer, and it is slightly sped up.

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
Japan Japanese ミッドナイト・ボルテージ
Middonaito Borutēji
Midnight Voltage

References

  1. イイダのパートはイカと 言語 げんご ちが https://www.famitsu.com/news/201711/17145896.html
  2. [1]