Splatoon 2's OST Is Pure Vibes. 

Shhh pls ignore the background of the thumbnail I am aware it’s wrong mr editor man is gonna fix it when he’s home okay so shhhh pretend it isn’t there

So for Entropical, the band SashiMori found samples of human's singing and heavily distorted them and used them in their songs. Its a tongue-in-cheek joke regarding how vocals in this series are made.

When I first hear Into the light, I legit shed tears of happiness and joy. With the context of Octo Expansion, you really understand why it’s so powerful.

Context summary for non-Splatoon players: - Splattack! (Octo) plays during a boss fight against the Splatoon 1 player character in a corrupted/possessed - Ink Me Up is one of the battle themes that played during Splatfests (a sort holiday/special event in the Splatoon world) in Splatoon 1 - Entropical was the music playing during the trailer for the Splatoon 2 3.0 update - Fly Octo Fly is the first phase of two of the final boss of the Octo Expansion, the DLC story campaign. - Into The Light is the finale/credits theme for the Octo Expansion - The group you saw in the Fly Octo Fly video was Pearl (the short, pink/white Inkling) and Marina (the green/black Octoling) that made the group Off The Hook - the main idol (celebrities) of Splatoon 2, and important characters in the Octo Expansion.

It’s funny that you called Into the Light the “anime ending” song as Entropical became the “anime opening” song for most people due to the trailer for the update that added Entropical to the game having a very anime opening-like cinematography

The breakdown in "Into the Light" is actually a callback to "Color Pulse", another song by Off the Hook (the two girls you saw during "Into the Light")! They're essentially the "hosts" of Splatoon 2, and they would perform "Color Pulse" in the main hub whenever a Splatfest was going on. They're also the best characters in the whole series. Imho

So, Splattack! (Octo) is the Dedf1sh remix of Splattack! by Squid Squad, which was essentially the main theme of Splatoon 1. It plays during the penultimate boss of the Octo Expansion, which is the mind-controlled Agent 3 (the player character of Splatoon 1's story mode).

The best part of Splatoon's ost is that every song has a associated band or musician even if it's just a band name and most of the main multiplayer themes have actual lore and information for the in-universe bands that made them

Im a simple girl. I see Splatoon 2, I see Emily, I click. Splatoon’s OST is SUCH THE VIBEEE!!

Second song is actually from Splatoon 1, though not that it matters since its still a banger. Also Fly Octo Fly was missing the last minute for some reason, which is quite a shame .. I’d recommend checking out the full song on your own time since it’s definitely the best part

When she hears the turquoise October and octo plush songs, she’s going to go crazy.😂

I only just realised when listening to this that Spattack! (Octo) has part of the Great Octoweapons (splatoon 1 boss theme) chord sequence in it. Such a cool nod to how you were agent 3 fighting bosses and now you are agent 8 fighting agent 3

The thing with Splattack! Octo, is that it's a boss fight vs a mind controlled character from Splatoon 1, so the song is from Splatoon 1, but broken and choppy since they are not themselves Sashimori as a band doesn't sing, they remix human sounds into their music, so in reality, the lyrics don't make sense to us or them, it's just random noises they used because they sound cool And no, the songs have "lyrics" but the developers explicitly said they only made them sound cool, so there is no real meaning or translation for the squid language. There are alphabets that have been translated, but again, it's all made to be more cool than anything important And finally Chirpy Chips the band (or in japanese ABXY the cooler name) is a band that mostly makes music out of old game console sound cards like game boys, NES and the likes, so everything is 16 or 8 bit, including their edited electronic vocals

Fun fact: The last song is by a band called The Chirpy Chips, and the vocalist, Harmony, actually doesn't a bitcrush effect on her voice. She runs a shop in Splatoon 3 and actually naturally sounds like that when you talk to her.

Into the Light makes a lot of sense as an anime outro song, it's the closing music for the credits of Octo Expansion. Blitz it! and Entropical are 2 of the best battle themes in the series hands down, the amalgamation of styles just lends itself to being incredible. Happy to be of service to provide my Splatoon chaos to the masses once more :)

Into the Light was also used outside of the game in Nintendo's 'thanks for playing' video on the game when the final live event ended, so alongside being the in-game credits theme from the DLC, it also feels like the credits theme for the entire experience.

There aren't really official lyrics but there are occasional bits of "actual" words used mixed in with the gibberish inkling language. For instance in the song "Inkoming!" you can hear them say "incoming" (obviously) and the opening lyrics have "ink o sink" said in them, etc.

You’re exactly right! Each idol has their own voice actor, and the idols have different voice effects and are placed in different ears. On top of that, each idol has their own singing style. For example, Pearl does more rapping/yelling in songs, while Marina has more flowy vocals.

Hey did you know this game is so popular in Japan that there are holographic concerts for the game where they remix the idol songs like from off the hook and the squid sisters. Into the light is a credits song when you beat the octo expansión. Each game when you beat the story mode a nice calm song plays to give you a feeling of relaxation after beat bosses and levels.

Some more songs!!! #8 Regret, Endolphin Surge, Girl from Inkopolis, Nasty Majesty, Spicy Calamari Inkantation, and Tide Goes Out! And I know you find visuals interesting, and Tide Goes Out actually has an official music video on the Nintendo of America channel!

Please more splatoon! There are so many genres and styles that makes this ost so unique!

Doing this again lol. Here’s all the music lore. Splattack! (Octo): The original Splattack! is an iconic song by Squid Squad, a band credited with influencing the modern music scene of Splatoon’s world. This version is a remix by Ahato Mizuta, stage name Dedf1sh, an octoling DJ so dedicated to her art that she’s gone through a process known as “sanitization” to remove all thoughts of doubt and worry from her mind so she can put her all into her music. Dedf1sh’s music has been described as “memetic”, not being tied to any one genre. In this instance, the genre is glitchcore. For context, this song plays in a boss battle against a mind controlled Agent 3, the player character from the original Splatoon. Given that Splattack! was the original Splatoon’s main theme, it would only make sense to make a broken remix for the fight. Ink Me Up: Not much here that I didn’t say last time. It’s the Squid Sisters and it’s a song for Splatfests. Just as peppy as ever. Entropical: This song by the band Sashimori has an extremely unique sound to it, mainly thanks to its vocals. Previously a rock band, the group gained a young DJ by the name of Paul who often sampled from other artists. For songs such as Entropical, they sampled from ancient recordings containing voices unlike the evolved sea creatures of Splatoon. With this, it’s heavily implied that the vocals in this song are chopped together samples of human speech. Seafoam Shanty: One of the band Bottom Feeders more energetic songs. Inspired by ancient sea shanties, they combine classical Celtic music with punk rock. The band is extremely competitive, both with other music groups and with one another. More than once has the band been at risk of breaking up thanks to the arguments between the betta violin player Finn Feeder and the seaweed vocalist Tangle Feeder. Oh yeah, the vocalist is sentient seaweed, mozuku to be specific. He speaks by rubbing parts of their body to create noise that imitates speech. Fly Octo Fly/Into The Light: A presentation of Off the Hook’s variety in music. These songs were part of the Octo Expansion (For the final boss and credits respectively), a dlc story heavily influenced by 80’s aesthetics which you can definitely hear in this music. As of Splatoon 3, Off the Hook is collaborating with Damp Socks, which you heard in the previous video. Blitz It!: A Splatoon 2 song by one of Splatoon 1’s classics, the Chirpy Chips. This chip tune rock band hit in big back in the days of the original Splatoon. Though they may not be as mainstream as they once were, they still have a dedicated following in the indie music scene. Of note here is the band’s lead vocalist, a sea anemone named Harmony. Aside from the idol groups, band characters are very much in the background. Everything we know about them comes from developer interviews, Art book, cd jackets, etc; But Harmony has broke new ground by appearing in Splatoon 3 is a shop owner you can buy various decorations from. Actually, perhaps “tired part-time worker” would be a better description of her profession.

LETS GOOOO! Splatoon 2 had some great soundtracks and I’m glad you listened to them(Especially the Octo Expansion ones)

Also that little motif is used EVERYWHERE through the entire ost snuck into so many places it’s great

Last minute of fly octo fly is the best part I can’t believe you missed it 😢

The thing about Splatoon is that the music itself has just as much if not more lore than every other component combined. Very fun!

Splattack (Octo) is the remix of Splatoon 1's sort of "main theme" and plays when you're fighting the protagonist of Splatoon 1, Agent 3 after they've been "corrupted"

Fly octo fly has two parts one being the main melody and the other being a remixed or a different version of ebb and flow which i really recommend

Ohhh I got so many chills during Into the Light. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't get any of the main story campaign tracks though, the instrumentation goes INSANE.

Into the Light always makes me cry after the release of Splatoon 3 since it lets me remember all the great memorys I've got because of Splatoon 2 and all the friends I made because of the game. c:

If we do get more Splatoon 2 songs, I wanna throw my hat into the ring with Octarnaments, the Boss Music from the main campaign, it's unique, all over the place, yet oddly catchy! Since it's Boss Music, it has 3 phases, so the song slowly builds up through the whole thing! A great listen.

more splatoon music pleaseeeeee!!! splatoon's music varies so much that u really need to hear all different kind of songs from splatoon

Nice reaction. You're not wrong saying that people interpret the lyrics in different ways and make their own. I might suggest some covers later but there's still a few Splatoon songs I think you should hear. 1) Bomb Rush Blush 2) Tidal Rush (It's best if these two are listened to in this order) 3) Nasty Majesty 4) Shark Bytes 5) Ebb and Flow

You didn't listen to the end of Fly Octo Fly ! It's literally the best part :(

So, about Ink Me Up, in-universe, it actually is performed live! It's one of the songs performed by an in-game event known as a Splatfest. The idols of the games perform songs live, and the battle themes change to be the songs of the idols too. Edit: You were also very right about Into the Light! It was the credits song for Octo Expansion.

This was such a unique listen - loved the range in this batch and all the different styles

There is so much more ost this series has to offer, it’s fanatic

If you want more splatoon music to listen to, I HIGHLY recommend listening to more of the octo expansion OST, like crush, dunno, party, frisk, progress, regret, and other dedf1sh songs (they’re all numbered but I forgot what each one was). They’re pretty distinct in style and vastly different than the rest of the ost

I feel like Splatoon 2 could have another video or two on its own. Not to mention Splatoon 1, which deserves like 5 seasons with 12 episodes a season. Overall a great video, hope you do a lot more on Splatoon!

if u ever do take another look at the splatoon ost i highly recomend ebb and flow, nasty majesty, fresh start, tide goes out, bomb rush blush, and of course the calamari inkantation which is probably the most iconic splatoon track. its been remixed several times over the years and my personal favorite is the 3mix version from the third game ^^ these recommendations r just some of my personal favorites. OHHH and tentacular circus its the "splatoon music" of splatoon

We NEED more Splatoon!

I would like to suggest more Octo Expansion (the Splatoon 2 DLC) songs, simply because of how different they are from the regular game. Some that come in minds are "#08 Regret", "Nasty Majesty" and "Shark Bytes"

The Splattack from the beginning is actually a remix of the actual Splattack. The og is by Squid Squad (I think if I remember correctly.) this version is by Dedf1sh :D

You missed the best part of fly octo fly 😔

Hope you get to listen to the complete fly octo fly on your personal time. Got a very satisfying climax

Let's go! Splat 2! Edit; more Miitopia because it has more amazing soundtracks!

[[THIS WILL HAVE SPOILERS FOR SPLATOON, SPECIFICALLY SPLATOON 2: OCTO EXPANSION, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED]] every time i listen to Into the Light i end up crying, because not only is it beautiful, it also has huge story signifigance. it's the credits theme for Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion DLC, where you play as an octoling soldier with amnesia, trapped deep underground in a metro, where they have few allies and many enemies. they go through a lot to escape to the surface (including fighting a brainwashed inkling, that's where the Splattack Octo Remix comes from), and when this song is playing, it's when the octoling you play as first sees the outside world without threat of dying. it's what plays when you see the sun for the first time in their life.

12:00 I love this track, it feels like a completed journey ;-;

Blitz it is one of my favorite battle themes. And I cry to In to Light almost all the time. One if the best end credit themes ever!

For some older deep cuts of video games you may have never heard of with amazing soundtracks: Plok and Dynamite Headdy. Coincidentally they're both games with protags that throw parts of themselves at enemies.

the splattack you listened to in this video is actually a remix by Dedf1sh (whos real name is Acht) based on the original splattack and sampling other songs in the splatoon series such as "I am Octavio" (that strange orchestral hit that happens during the alarm-like synth) and a segue of another song by Octavio (that being his remix of Callie's Bomb Rush Blush).

Into the light comes after beating octo expansion, which is a more difficult meaty single player campaign that was added as dlc to 2. Hearing it is such a relief and has "i really beat it, i won" energy. The whole vibe and story for that dlc was also fantastic.

I was jamming when I heard seafoam shanty Because it’s my favourite song in splatoon 2

12:40 nope! Different people! Alice Peralta (Marina’s voice, the tall green one) and Rina Itou (Pearl’s voice actor, the short pink one) it’s really funny because Marina’s VA is Alice PERALta and Pearls VA is RINA Itou!

Don't know if you know this already but all of the music in Splatoon is made from in-game artists that do have faces and even albums, their designs are always hella cool.

Into the light sometimes brings me to tears still...

-Spoiler alert for Octo Expansion in Splatoon 2- The first song is actually a remix from the first Splatoon main theme named Splattack. In Splatoon 2 it's played in the background when you fight the pre-final boss which is your avatar from the first Splatoon game. Btw Ink me up is actually from Splatoon 1 11:34 There is actually a huge part that was missing. Too bad that Ebb and Flow was not included. These songs were good and okay but there are much better songs tbh

If you ever listen to stuff from Splat2 again, listen to Fly Octo Fly WITH Ebb and Flow (Octo)-- in game, they play as 2 halves of one song

My honest recommendation is to fish for who's the "in universe" composer for each track. They have their own specific styles, and it shows on each. Also, most, if not all songs (EDIT: Possibly not those who are from the campaigns), have 90 second loops. Enough to repeat twice in each battle.

For some reason when I hear seafoam shanty I immediately think of Arowana Mall. Probably cause it played so much on that stage. I also think of Wahoo World

The singers for the main "idol groups" (The Squid Sisters, Off the Hook, and Deep Cut) all have their own dedicated singers. The VAs for Off the Hook are Rina Itou and Alice Peralta for Pearl and Marina.

2:48 yes those are! from lest to right: Callie, Marie. they are not actually sisters, believe it or not, but cousins, Related through the Grandpa, Captain Craig Cuttlefish! the are so in sync with each other that Callie knows Marie's facial expression for when she wants coffee. XD

Anime outro is fitting lmao, that's literally the credits music for one of the story modes

Some context to seafom shanty because i love the splatband its from, bottom feeders! Bottom feeders making a lot of Celtic rock music. The reason why the vocals seem extra distorted is because the main vocalist is a litteral pile of sentient seaweed who sings by rubbing his seaweed together lol

0:58 her reaction here (and just to the entire song) is priceless 😂😂😂

YESS!! IM SO HAPPY bcuz man Splatoon ost is literally never 'reacted' to, and so I'm glad to see a continuation on your last vid! Thank you so much!

For years (plural) chirpy chips (aka ABXY) was unironically my favorite band and the reason I picked up the bass guitar at all. They are still top 3. Fucking Splatoon music. This entire franchise is one of my favorite chunks of collective fiction ever made and if I could pick a universe to live out the rest of my life in it would be Splatoon. it's so nice...

every idol band has their "bitter-sweet" "credits" theme. The Squid Sisters has Maritime Memory, Off The Hook has Into The Light, and Deep Cut has Daybreaker Anthem.

you should watch the splatoon concerts, they are so good! I recommend the 2019 version, you get to see holograms of the characters singing and dancing to!

i’d recommend nasty majesty from splatoon 2 octo expansion, one of my favourites

10:59 yes actually! If you look at newer songs like "Suffer No Fools", You will see that they have a translation (Suffer no Fools is a diss track between two in game bands, It's still a pretty new song).

12:44 no you are correct! the first person singing was Pearl the fair skinned girl, the second singer is Marina the darker skinned girl. together they make up Off The Hook. contrary to their heights Pearl is three years older than Marina at 21 and 18 respectively.

Its so nice to see splatoon music reaction, it's weird as hell but really really groovy. Another weird but really groovy (wayy more obscure) OST I would recommend is Hylics 2, very centered around guitar ESPECIALLY bass. Specifically ones like Fancy Meat Computer, Look Ma' I Fly Now!, Them's Fighting Words, Xeno Arcadia, That's a Big Stick... theres also Hylics one but its more of just dopey guitar, even more psychedelic than Hylics 2. It would be amazing to see you react to this surreal clay game.

The part at 14:00 is a motif from their song colour pulse which plays during splatfests

5:20 me when the update trailer came out and the song actually hits

Oh no, fly octo fly/ebb and flow got cut off! You should totally listen to the whole thing with the transition. It’s so good!

into the light gives me chills and always gets close to crying. it's so prettyyyyyyy

12:00 it’s a credit song which are normally sadder/softer

AAAAH! I'm so happy you reacted to Spla2n's OST as well! Anyways, this means that I've got EVEN MORE to explain, ahahahah~ To answer your question about there being official lyrics... There is official lyrics! For alot of songs. Though, they're all gibberish. And I have most of them memorized... (help) According to the wiki, all the songs that have lyrics are: Calamari Inkantation City of Color Ink Me Up! Now or Never! Bomb Rush Blush Tide Goes Out Maritime Memory Color Pulse Ebb & Flow Acid Hues Muck Warfare Nasty Majesty Shark Bytes Fly Octo Fly Ebb & Flow (Octo) Into the Light Hide and Sleek Smeared Canvas Anarchy Rainbow Fins in the Air Til Depth Do Us Part Yeah. Alot. Side-rant here, but one thing I love about the lyrics of Splatoon songs is that they do actually incorporate SOME English. For example, in Inkoming!, they say "Ink o sink", as a callback to Squid Squad's song, Ink or Sink. Not only that, but in Ebb & Flow (Octo), they say Splatoon in the lyric "Parineishun shurida *spratun* ". (They say it in Inkoming! as well, though.) Also, in Fins in the Air, they actually say "put your fins up", specifically in the lyric " *Puchofinza* timare". Side-rant over, back to explaining the songs you listened to. Oh, Splattack! (Octo), my beloved... The song that plays while you're fighting Agent 3 in Octo Expansion while they're partly "sanitized". (Basically...zombified. Since it's only partly, though, it's more similar to mind control.) It's a remix of the main theme song of Splatoon, Splattack!. Ink Me Up! is actually a Splatoon 1 song. It played during Splatfest battles. ENTROPICAL!!!! Aaaaaagh, I love this song so much! Entropical is a song made by the band SashiMori. SashiMori is a band that takes "ancient vocals" (presumably human vocals) and mashes them up. So it's like... a Splatoon song. Well, I mean-- of course it is. But it's like... the Inklings making a Splatoon song???? I have no idea how to explain it without me just sounding like a complete idiot. The vocals are mixed by a young 10-year-old Octoling named Paul. It plays during normal battles. Seafoam Shanty is a song by the band Bottom Feeders. It plays during normal battles. I can't put it into words how much I love Fly Octo Fly. It's the song that plays during the final battle in Octo Expansion, when you're playing Turf War on the NILS Statue to stop it from sanitizing Inkopolis. There's usually another song after Fly Octo Fly ends, known as Ebb & Flow (Octo), which is a remix of the Splatfest battle theme Ebb & Flow (duh), that you sadly didn't hear. Oh, and Fly Octo Fly is a HEAVILY remixed version of the Test Passed and Thang theme from Octo Expansion. (The Test Passed part is the very beginning, and all the "WOAH-OH-OH WOAH-OH-OH-OHHHHH" parts, while the Thang part is Marina's "Rimaniawa nuenbonafi, tayuzonasta, moijuneni" part at 10:13.) Into the Light is the credits theme of Octo Expansion...which, may I add, made me cry. For an extremely small side-rant, Pearl actually says "octos" in this song, at 13:20, where she goes "Gimiwa *okto* kuy *oktos* ", which is pretty cute. Oh yeah, and there ARE two vocalists. Pearl is the pink girl in the image and the one with the higher pitched voice, while Marina is the turquoise girl in the image with the calmer voice. (heard at 12:43) The part at 13:51, after Pearl goes "Narastafreyo taraktarascha reddan!", is a callback to the Splatfest plaza theme, Color Pulse. The dance on that part in the concert version is really adorable, may I add. And finally... Blitz It! is a song by the band Chirpy Chips. It plays during normal battles. If you liked that song, you'd love their other songs. I have a crippling addiction to explaining things about Splatoon to people. I am so sorry for the extremely long comment. Still though, thank you so much for reading!~

Oh i forgot how good fly octo fly is good

So canonically, Seafoam Shanty was made by a Celtic rock group which has a seaweed dude as the lead singer. All the more enjoyable with the lore background known.

About whether or not there are official lyrics: Idk about most of the 'normal' songs done by the in-universe groups, but for some songs like Fly Octo Fly, or Calamari Inkantation, there actually are some! But iirc they're in booklets included with the ost game CDs that aren't that common, and might have been in kanas, but fortunately people have translated them into romanji (the japanese name for the usual alphabet we use), so if you find them, you can try to leark them. I sure did for Calamari Inkantation and Fly Octo Fly.

It's funny to me that she is vibing to Into the Light, not realizing the player character just escaped being blended into a paste, then that paste being used to practically lobotomize other characters. I love the sweet, innocent world of Splatoon :)

Sad that you didn’t hear the finale of Fly Octo Fly. Cause it is exactly 3 minutes long and the past minute is the grand finale before the finish cause it doesn’t loop.

OMG FINALLY Splatoon 2s ost has the best kind of jamming music in my opinion

i just found this and i'm a little sad you didn't listen to the final minute of fly octo fly, its my favorite part with the power and what feels like a crowd singing behind it

There aren’t really OFFICIAL lyrics but Catlin Koi’s fan lyrics for many of the songs are actually really close to what they sound like they are singing!

Oh also yes! The songs that have singing in it is all gibberish! And yes there are the official lyrics out there but again it doesn't translate to anything and is up to what you think they say. There are some lyric videos out there that are fan made that are made up lyrics for you to sing to! I love them 😊

Ink or sink has actual lyrics They’re all gibberish except for a part where you can make out ink or sink

How was Ebb & Flow not on here

4:07 that part is actually from the live concert lol. You must’ve chosen the live performance one. Yes- people actually go to these live concert’s where the music groups play and sing as holograms and there is a live band playing with real people too. They’ve had several concerts too. Kinda cool and funny how you picked that up lol

you need to listen to calamari inkantation by the squid sisters. all three versions. they are by far the best songs in splatoon.

10:58 yes there are for the song bomb rush blush they have official lyrics in a text box while the song plays in the boss fight

the 2 vocalists you were wondering about are pearl and marina the squid sisters or as we splatoon players call them the games idols up until 3 there have been only 2 in splat 1 its squid sisters callie and marie in splat 2 its pearl and marina but to coinside with the chaos theme they made splat 3 have well 3 idols being shiver frye and bigman

Great reaction, only sad thing was that you didnt react to Ebb and Flow after Fly Octo Fly

Splattack is the main theme of the saga. It isn't in the base 2, it is on the DLC of the 2. It's composed by the artist Dedf1sh. She's dead so don't remembered well the number of 2015 during 2018. Ink Me Up is from the first game. Every song of Squid Sisters (the girls of black and white hair) is supposed to be pop. Entropical is supposed to sound like an anime opening. Fly Octo Fly is the theme of the final boss of the DLC (the DLC is centered on Pearl [the white girl] and Marina [the black girl], which form the band Off the Hook). Into the Light is the credits song of the DLC. Sounds melancholic because it marks the climax of the platonic friendship of Marina and Pearl since 2015 to 2018. Blitz It is a theme composed by Harmony and her band. The song have chiptune because Harmony is suppossed to be like a young nerd girl

Not sure if this has been recommended yet, at least I haven't seen it in this comment section, which is criminal, but Donkey Kong. The series has great soundtracks all around, but for a more recent pick, Tropical Freeze. Busted Bayou is a must-hear.

A review to the osts of the Banjo-Kazooie franchise would be nice

Found your videos and really enjoyed them! To answer, there really aren't 'official' lyrics that aren't squid gibberish, but there are a few youtubers (Caitlin Koi is one that's well known) that does fan lyrics and they're really fun!

That moment we didnt get to hear the last minute of Fly Octo Fly: