Wave Goodbye

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Wave Goodbye
Artist Squid Sisters
Lyricist Callie (in-game)[1]
Vocals keity.pop
Mari Kikuma
Callie (in-game)
Marie (in-game)
Game Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon 3
End credits after finishing Story Mode
Featured in Jukebox (Splatoon 3)
Splatune 3 - disc 3, track 18
Nintendo Music - link as of launch
Genre Pop
BPM 126
Key signature D major
Time signature 4/4
Length 5:31
2:11 (In the Studio video)
Sample

Wave Goodbye is a song performed by Squid Sisters. It is played during the end credits of Splatoon 3's story mode: Return of the Mammalians.

Description

Wave Goodbye is an atmospheric J-pop song that starts with somber, drawn-out melodies that build up to an energetic chorus. Following the chorus, the intensity drops again, and the Squid Sisters pause singing as unidentified human-sounding vocals sing the lyrics to Calamari Inkantation. The Squid Sisters then harmonize with this voice singing their own lyrics before transitioning out of the interlude and back into the pre-chorus.

The major mode of the track (as opposed to the relative B minor) is implied harmonically but it does not fully resolve to the tonic D major until the interlude, around 3:19 in the Splatune 3 release. This keeps the tension and momentum up throughout the first half of the track, as it never feels securely anchored in the major key.

The credits of Splatune 3 reveal that Wave Goodbye is the only new track in the game by Shiho Fujii, the original sound team member responsible for the music of the Squid Sisters. The other new Squid Sisters songs, Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today and Liquid Sunshine (as well as the arrangement of City of Color (2023)) were written and produced by Yumi Takahashi.

Wave Goodbye plays during the credit sequence while the player is free to shoot ink out into space where the final boss battle takes place. The ink will explode like the shot from a blaster before fading into the abyss.

Lyrics

The booklet included with Splatune 3 gives the official lyrics for Wave Goodbye. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana simply give the pronunciation.

Wave Goodbye
Squid Sisters Japanese Lyrics[2] Romanized Lyrics
Callie Marie
まの しゅらり ゆわめきゅ
しゃしゃれて ぴゅらり うねりにっちゅ
みやてにゅこら のらうぇて
にゅらめら しゅらめら てゅらめきゅ
Mano shurari yuwamekyu
Shasharete pyurari unerinitchu
Miyatenyukora norawete
Nyuramera shuramera tyuramekyu
そうぇて きゅらり もれにけ
しゃしゃれて ぴゅらり うねりにゅって
よわけにゅもら てゅらりて
にゅらめら しゅらめら てぃらめけらっしょ
Sowete kyurari morenike
Shasharete pyurari unerinyutte
Yowakenyumora tyurarite
Nyuramera shuramera tiramekerassho
まの とぅられ しゅらめきゅ
ちゃちゃれけ ぴゅらり うねらにっちゅ
みやてにゅこら そりゃめて
にゅらめら しゅらめら にゅらめきゅ
Mano turare shuramekyu
Chachareke pyurari uneranitchu
Miyatenyukora soryamete
Nyuramera shuramera nyuramekyu
きうぇて ひゅらり もれにけ
しゃしゃれて ぴあり うねりめっちぇ
よわてにゅ そりゃ てゅられて
にゅらめら しゅらめら てぃらめけら
Kiwete hyurari morenike
Shasharete piari unerimetche
Yowatenyu sorya tyurarete
Nyuramera shuramera tiramekera
もうぇて ふぃらりら なみにょわて
よら しゃんしゃん こうぇて きゅらしぇ
うぃんうぃん よりけらにゅ
Mowete firarira naminyowate
Yora shanshan kowete kyurashe
Win'win yorikeranyu
わな しゅーりん にょえて きゅられいきゅ
ぱけな ちぇっきゅ もらにっしゅ
となうぇて ゆのわに もゆうぇて
Wana shūrin nyoete kyurareikyu
Pakena chekkyu moranisshu
Tonawete yunowani moyuwete
ちゅてらぺ とぅらぺ ぬらめっきゅ
けしぇらて ふぉにゅ られきゅって
Chuterape turape nuramekkyu
Kesherate fonyu rarekyutte
くねらにゅらけ うぉこらっちぇ
もにゅれ てゅらにて
Kuneranyurake wokoratche
Monyure tyuranite
わな しゅーりん ぽえて てぃらてきゅら
ぱけら めっきゅ られてゅうり
きゅらめきゅ しうぉかれの ふぉしに
Wana shūrin poete tiratekyura
Pakera mekkyu raretyuuri
Kyuramekyu shiwokareno foshini
ちゅてらぺ とぅらペ ぱらめっきゅ
けしぇらて もりん られきゅって
Chuterape turape paramekkyu
Kesherate morin rarekyutte
くねらにゅら ゆらめらり
もにゅれ てゅらりにゅきゅ
Kuneranyura yuramerari
Monyure tyurarinyukyu
うぉりん とぅら みゅってらてしょ
のら にゅら うぇな
Worin tura myutteratesho
Nora nyura wena
たうぇて ふぃらりら なみにょわけ
うぉら しゃんしゃん こうぇて にゅける
ひらりめって しょめて
Tawete firarira naminyowake
Wora shanshan kowete nyukeru
Hirarimette shomete
わな しゅーりん ゆうぇに にゅらめいちぇ
ぱけら てぃっきゅ もらにしゅ
きゅらめきゅ てぃうぉかれに ゆうぇて
Wana shūrin yuweni nyurameiche
Pakera tikkyu moranishu
Kyuramekyu tiwokareni yuwete
ちゅてらぺ とぅらぺ ぬらめっきゅ
けしぇらて ふぉり られきゅって
Chuterape turape nuramekkyu
Kesherate fori rarekyutte
くねらみゅらけ うぉこらっちぇ
もにゅれ てゅらにて
Kuneramyurake wokoratche
Monyure tyuranite
わな しゅーりん ぽえて きゅらめきゅら
ぱけら めっきゅ られてゅうり
となうぇて わのてゅらに きうぇて
Wana shūrin poete kyuramekyura
Pakera mekkyu raretyuuri
Tonawete wanotyurani kiwete
ちゅてらぺ とぅらぺ ぬらめっきゅ
うぉってみて ちゃり められきゅって
Chuterape turape nuramekkyu
Wottemite chari merarekyutte
くねらみゅら ゆら めらり
もにゅれ てゅらりめきゅ
Kuneramyura yura merari
Monyure tyurarimekyu
うぉりん とぅら みゅってらてしょ
のら にゅら うぇな
Worin tura myutteratesho
Nora nyura wena
まの とぅられ ゆらめきゅ
にゅらめら しゅらめら てぃらめけらっしょ
Mano turare yuramekyu
Nyuramera shuramera tiramekerassho

Other versions

Wave Goodbye (In the Studio)

The behind-the-scenes video uploaded by Nintendo[3][4] uses a shortened version of the song.

Samples and interpolations

Chorus of Calamari County

Main article: Chorus of Calamari County

Part of Calamari Inkantation and the Chorus of Calamari County can be heard in Wave Goodbye.

Fresh Start

Main article: Fresh Start

Samples of Fresh Start can be most noticeably heard at 3:00-3:07, before the Calamari Inkantation section.

Trivia

  • One of the verses appears to be saying "Shiokaze no hoshi", the Japanese title of the song.
  • Wave Goodbye is the one of the only credits songs to not have a live version or a Grand Festival version along with #47 onward.

Etymology

Wave Goodbye is a pun on wave, and waving goodbye as the Splatoon 3 credits song.

Names in other languages

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

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese シオカゼの星
shiokaze no hoshi
Star of the Sea Breeze. Also a pun on shiokara.

References