For some people the isolation is crushing; for others it’s exhilarating. Is this mission your ideal holiday or will you paint a face on a volleyball before the first day is up?

If it’s just one week I think it would be a great opportunity to reflect. If it was two weeks I’d go insane! Get me that beachball, I need Wilson to keep me company. 

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music (thanks Aldous Huxley). Silence and music are about to become your only companions aboard this journey. How much of a role does music play in your day-to-day life?

I feel like music is a depreciating asset. The more you listen to it, the more it loses its effect on you. With unlimited access to music, through Spotify or whatever other platform you use, comes a separation from the special power it has over you. Bring back the CD I say! But I still use it to get me through a run. Although I do like to play the guitar every now and then to relax.

There’s no one else around to consider the musical tastes of. You’re the DJ of the week with no audience to please. Talk us through your playlist – are you a fan of one genre or era, or do you like to mix things up?

All depends on the mood of the day! I would use country to revel in the moment. Rock to progress. Pop to create. 

You might be the only crew member, but space is at a premium aboard the Squideo Submarine! You’ve been given strict orders to bring only one bag of personal effects. What are you taking?

Japanese textbooks! Without pushing forward in something I would go into a slight depression so that would be my go-to. I got my Level N2 in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test this year, so a week away from distractions would be perfect to get me on my way toward that coveted Level N1. 

Your crewmates, friends and family will want to wave goodbye before you embark on your voyage. Is there a song you always associate with a certain person or people?

Not sure which exact song but I would go for but something depressing to feed the sadness of leaving. 

The team at Squideo are always prepared. Like Boy and Girl Scouts. Should the unimaginable happen, and you get taken in by the residents of Atlantis never to return to the surface again, what song would you like to be played at your memorial service?

Thriller by Michael Jackson! Perhaps if they play that there would be a chance of me rising from the grave to join in. 

Like smell, music can have strong associations with certain memories. We don’t want to consider how the Squideo Submarine will smell after a week; instead, choose a song which you associate with your childhood.

I would say the Pokémon Theme is the song I associate the best with being a kid. And listening to it would bring the best out of me in any situation. I usually listen to it when I'm producing video content, especially if it's cartoon-styled.

Keep focusing on good memories and not how the submarine smells! What song do you associate with a happy time in your life?

The song It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy is a certified masterpiece. It reminds me of good times and carefree days pretending to be a rapper with my friends [laughs]. Unbelievably, that career didn’t go anywhere for me. 

We can’t open the windows aboard the Squideo Submarine (well you wouldn’t want to), but you can put on a dive suit and have a walk on the ocean floor. Would you go? What would you hope to see?

I’d have to go into the belly of a whale to see what it is really like. [Like Pinocchio?] Yes! In the sense that I would also like to survive the journey.

Our brain likes to fill moments of silence by forcing music upon us. What was your last earworm? 

Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s Stay has been haunting my dreams for the last three months. Now it’s still a very good song, but I wouldn’t mind a change. 

Squideo videos look inkredible, but there’s also a soundtrack! Which piece of Squideo-approved background music always gets stuck in your head?

Has to be the Spell with Me Theme Song! Absolutely top 10 classic, it’s ready to take over Baby Shark. We just need about 10 billion more views and we’ll be there. I reckon sometime next week? It was such a fun project to work on, I love making educational videos.

It’s almost time to come back to the surface! The journey went a lot quicker with music, didn’t it? What song are you playing in celebration of your return?

Michael Jackson’s P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) is always a great song that fills me with elation. I’d be going for that to celebrate. 

We returned to the surface where the H.M.S Fifty Squid was waiting to welcome the Squideo Submarine and its crew of one back onboard. Sadly, no dancing fish were discovered on this expedition but the excursion gave us a great opportunity to explore the depths and breadths of the ocean with the one and only Ben Underwood. 

Join us next time, when we’ll take a trip beneath the waves with our Creative Director: Hannah Bales.