Hide and Sleek

Hide and Sleek is a song performed by Deep Cut.

Description

Hide and Sleek is an energetic pop song. It starts with an instrumental intro, in which Shiver sings several notes near the end of it, immediately followed by her performing a verse. After that, a short instrumental riff plays, with Frye signing a few notes before transitioning to Frye doing a rap verse. Following the rap is the chorus, which is performed together by Shiver and Frye. The chorus opens with part of the melody of the Mission Complete! (Alterna) fanfare. Afterwards, a bridge including instrumental and Shiver's vocals is used to transition back to the beginning of the intro for a new loop.

This song plays during two of the missions in Alterna Space Center. Like in many other missions, when the player has been spotted by enemies, an additional percussion track is layered on top of the music.

Lyrics

The booklet included with Splatune 3 gives the official lyrics for Hide and Sleek. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana and katakana simply give the pronunciation.

Hide and Sleek
Deep Cut		Japanese lyrics[1]	Romanized lyrics
Shiver	Frye
		いゆ　にゅらいばれ まゆりんぬ　ハレイヤレ はよ　にかんがれ あしまな　ヤレイホヤ	Iyu nyuraibare Mayurinnu hareiyare Hayo nikangare Ashimana yareihoya
		かんぬ　しゅるりめし みだんはら　ヨレイヤレ そいてって　うたむなれ ばらみっと　カィムセイヤ	Kannu shururimeshi Midanhara yoreiyare Soitette utamunare Baramitto kaimuseiya
		メイハイデレスン　バラディカ ニヘラ　ダラリキレンディン　アルケリチャヘラ ティレディケ　リデンニン アトカ　ギナンパラデイ　ウェジテカラ	Meihaideresun baradika Nihera dararikirendin arukerichahera Tiredike ridennin Atoka ginanparadei wejitekara
		ゾネインディン　ヤンバチャ チュカリ　ヘンディケヤパティ　カララバンチュベリ ボントキャラハン　デュケシナ ユペリ　ウタンマカラヤァ　ヘテリナ	Zoneindin yanbacha Chukari hendikeyapati kararabanchuberi Bontokyarahan dyukeshina Yuperi utanmakarayaa heterina
		エスペロパソ　エンクェント　パソ オウ　デュラノ　ド　テュマレ コンへセラ デボパソ　エラド　セラティ　アンドゥパサ	Esuperopaso enkwento paso Ou dyurano do tyumare konhesera Debopaso erado serati andupasa
		エスペロパソ　エンクェント　パソ オウ　デュラノ　ド　テュマレ コンへセラ デボパソ　エラド　セラティ　アンドゥパサ	Esuperopaso enkwento paso Ou dyurano do tyumare konhesera Debopaso erado serati andupasa

Samples and interpolations

Mission Complete! (Alterna)

Main article: Mission Complete! (Alterna)

The vocals use mostly the same melody as the Mission Complete! (Alterna) jingle.

Other versions

Hide and Sleek (Live)

During the Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022, an extended version of the song structured like J-pop music is performed. The audio mixing of this live performance emphasizes the bass guitar much more prominently than the in-game version. It starts out roughly the same in the first loop, except for two vocal notes added to the beginning of the intro. Afterwards, instead of looping back to the intro at the end of the bridge, it jumps to Frye's rap verse and continues normally to the chorus a second time. During this chorus, Big Man joins Shiver and Frye in the vocals. This is followed by a bridge consisting of a new 8-bar instrumental riff, then two repeats of the instrumental riff before the rap section. The song then goes back to the chorus again with Big Man's vocals included, then once more but transposed up by half a semitone to E-flat minor. It then finishes with a proper ending based on the instrumental intro transposed to E-flat minor.

A similar version is used in the Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, with some changes to the harmonization and instrumentation.

Hide and Sleek (Grand Festival)

During days one and two of Past vs. Present vs. Future Splatfest, an extended version of Hide and Sleek plays, based on the live version. The choreography for Hide and Sleek is also from the 2024 Tokyo Nintendo Live.

Trivia

• The Japanese name of this song was first revealed on-screen during the Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022. Similarly, its English name was first revealed on the Splatoon Base website, shortly before the official English translation of the Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022 was released. This makes it the only brand-new Return of the Mammalians song (excluding music reused or remixed from previous games) to have its official name confirmed before more song names were revealed through the jukebox.
• Similarly to Fly Octo Fly, this song incorporates the melody of a level completion jingle.

Etymology

Hide and Sleek is a pun on the children's game "hide-and-seek". Sleek is an adjective describing something to have a smooth, shiny surface.

Names in other languages

The name of the song is the same as English in all languages except for Japanese.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	疾風怒涛カチコンドル Shippūdotō Kachikondoru	Raid Under Sturm und Drang 疾風怒涛 expression borrowed from the German "Sturm und Drang", typically translated as "storm and stress". カチコンドル comes from カチコミ, a yakuza slang term for "raid".
Internal	BGM_Mission_Stage_Rocket_02 BGM_Mission_Stage_Rocket_02_Jukebox

References

Music of Splatoon 3

General What's Your Style? • Clickbait (Splash Sessions Demo) • Anarchy Splatcast • Dripping with Style • Lookin' Fresh • New You • The Shoal Battle Opening (C-Side) • Clickbait • Headhammer • Triple Dip • Paintscraper • Splattack! (C-Side) • Sea Me Now • Sandy Side Up • Candy-Coated Rocks • Tentacle to the Metal • Ska-BLAM • Three-Horn Circus • Rockagilly Blues • Ripstop & Go • Aquasonic • Slopping Spree • No Quarters • Shifting Stars • No Plan Survives • Amalgamania • Seasource • Now or Never! (C-Side) • Rinse/Repeat • Learning Curve Splatfest Anarchy Poisons • Anarchy Rainbow • City of Color (2023) • Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today • Color Pulse (2024) • We're So Back • Soak & Stomp • Deepers Creepers • Yule Tide • Meadowlark • Suntan Ocean • Soak & Stomp (Grand Mix) • Commence the Fest • Fins in the Air • Till Depth Do Us Part • Liquid Sunshine • Big Betrayal • Suffer No Fools • Now or Never! (Deep Cut) • Ego Overboard • Still Swimmin' • Daybreaker Anthem • Maritime Memory • Into the Light • Spicy Calamari Inkantation • Ink Me Up • Ebb & Flow • Muck Warfare • Acid Hues • Three Wishes • Blushing Tide • Now or Never! (Squid Sisters) • Shark Bytes • Now or Never! (Off the Hook) • Rainbow Color Inkantation Salmon Run Happy Little Workers - 24/7 Mix • Surge & Submerge • Deluge Dirge • Fishing Frenzy • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 1 • Frothy Waters • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 2 • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 3 - Go Off, King! • Toxic Anoxic • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 4 - Bye, King • Frantic Aspic • Not Bad (Do Better) • Bait & Click (Mutation) • Bait & Click • Happy Little Workers - 24/7 Deep Mix • Double Clickbait • Not Bad (Catch Ya Better) Tableturf Battle Tableturf Level Selection • Tableturf Deck Selection • Tableturf Main Theme • Tableturf Three Turns Remaining • Tableturf Win Theme • Tableturf Loss or Draw Theme • Tableturf Card List Return of the Mammalians Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme • The Crater • Crater Eighters Routine • Mission Complete! (The Crater) • I'm Octavio (F34RME Remix) • Meeting the New Squidbeak Splatoon • Sandcastles • Sudden Depth • Two Shadows in the Sun • Dead Sea • Whirlpool Tune • Hyper Diver • Alterna Citizen Program M-01: Basic Course (Morning Fog) • Alterna Citizen Program M-02: Advanced Course (Twilight Waves) • Nine Out of Tension • Underwater Neon • Flop to It • Smoke and Mirrors • Ride or Fry • With Flying Colors • Seep & Destroy • Marine Machines • #35 caught • Don't Flinch • Octoling Rendezvous • Mission Complete! (Alterna) • Deep Cut's Theme • Surprise and Shine • Got That Treasure! • Our Bad • In Filtration • Hide and Sleek • Smeared Canvas • Bear with Me • Calamari Inkantation 3MIX • The Most Massive Fuzzball of All • Wave Goodbye • Alterna Citizen Program M-??: mY dEAR Side Order Introduction • #0.1 style • Leaving with Pearl • Order Sector • Foyer • #12.2 awakened • Battle Tutorial • Tutorial Clear! • Enter Marina Agitando • Unconscience • Marina Rescued • Order's Theme • Side Order • Origin of Order • Dramatic Days • Elevator Theme • demol1sh • demoli2h • d3molish • jest1ng • je2ting • j3sting • rout1nes • routine2 • routin3s • souven1r • 2ouvenir • souv3nir • j1tters • jitter2 • jitt3rs • Floor Clear! • Boss Approaches • CΘld StΘrage • ΘctΘpticΘn • EchΘ Θnslaught • Boss Clear • Vending Machine Floor • The Magistrate of Order • Enter Overlorder • New World Order • Grayscaling • Spectrum Obligato ~ Ebb & Flow (Out of Order) • Conclusion • #47 onward• Order Sector (Post-Game) • Foyer (Post-Game) • Smollusk's Theme • Smollusk's Transformation • Short Order • Spire Cleared! • Spire Failure Lobby Sinkopated • Inkopolis Lobby • Without a Dop Doubt • Drip Feed • Inkopolis News (Squid Sisters) • Inkopolis News (Off the Hook) • Heliocentri City • Fuzzy Dazzler • Blop Bop • Gilded Cage • Dressed to Krill • Slick Moves • Belly Flop • Gillty • Pour It On • Pop 'n' Schlock • Clashing Colors • Dorsal Slicer • Opening (Squid Squad) • Splattack! (Squid Squad) • Ink or Sink • Seaskape • Kraken Up • Metalopod • Shellfie • Split & Splat • Hooked • Sucker Punch • Opening (Wet Floor) • Inkoming! • Rip Entry • Undertow • Don't Slip • Endolphin Surge • Shipwreckin' • Fins & Fiddles • Seafoam Shanty • Broken Coral • Riptide Rupture • Blitz It! • Wave Prism • Seasick • Kinetosis • Chopscrewey • Entropical Jukebox only Now or Never! (Squid Squad) • Now or Never! (Wet Floor) • City of Color • Calamari Inkantation • Bomb Rush Blush • Tide Goes Out • Fresh Start • Bomb Rush Blush (DJ Octavio) • Tidal Rush • Color Pulse • Nasty Majesty • Fly Octo Fly - Ebb & Flow (Octo) Musicians C-Side (Kiki) • Front Roe (Ichiya • Nami • Murasaki) • Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Yoko & the Gold Bazookas (Yoko • Oonie • Kitamura) • H2Whoa • Chirpy Chips (Harmony) • Riot Act (Kiki) • SashiMori • Grizzco • ω-3 • Ancho-V Games • Deep Cut (Shiver • Frye • Big Man) • Squid Sisters (Callie • Marie) • Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Turquoise October • DJ Octavio • Octoplush • Stars in the Deep • Mimicry • Wash Out • Firefly • On the Clock • Anxiety Society • Dedf1sh • Free Association • Seven Seas Crew • Backwash • Turf Love • Wading Room • New Shores • Bonfire • All Swell • Coral Kiss • Crevasse • Aquariyum • Pianissimo • Missing Ink • Chroma Chaos • Medusa • Nothing in My Wave • Anglerfish • Bloody Hook • Decksterity • Saplings • Reel Deel • Now or Never Seven Soundtracks Jukebox • Splatune 3 • Ordertune • Nintendo Music Live performances Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022 • Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO