Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)!!

[@saschaeggert2148]

Kimbra coming in still gives me goosebumps all these years later.

[@oskarobit]

Prince said "I love this song" before giving him & Kimbra the Prize Record Of The Year at the Grammy Awards. Nothing more to say.

[@angelabennett-engele1977]

100% can't get a better endorsement than Prince.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

I see why he kind of disappeared after. You actually can't reach any higher in the music industry.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@aerthreepwood8021Gotye is a low key member of a band and focuses on the group instead. He said the song was a runaway train that got a life of its own so he left it go on without him.

[@AbominationalFailure]

@@billkeithchannel I think he legit didn't want that level of fame and attention. I think he's the type that won't sacrifice his art for mass appeal.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@AbominationalFailure There is a mini-documentary on KZbin about the phenomenon of this song and Gotye has said that in the interview. It is art for art's sake and was not released as a single for commercial fame. It was airplay by University radio that put it in the spotlight which is where many obscure gems are discovered and pushed into the mainstream consciousness for the greater good.

[@Daddio719]

Story goes… He never monetized this video and he used several samples for it. He didnt license it because he wanted young artists and students to use it for free. The video has 2.3 billion views. He made nothing from the song.

[@catserver8577]

I think he made a lot from the song. Emotionally, creatively, life changing healing way. I know that's not what you meant, but someday, in the post consumer world this will stand out as ahead of it's time for a lot of reasons, and putting it out there for no monetary gain is going to be one of them.

[@Daddio719]

@ correction. He made no money.

[@michaelfletcher9640]

If we ever get there! But, destroying ourselves first seems more like the human tendency...😢❤❤❤🤑​@@catserver8577

[@stevehatcher7700]

He made a lot from this song. He wasn't expecting, or wanting, that. He gave a lot of it away, and continues to set himself up such that the residual income is minimized for himself.

[@pjstartv6798]

@@Daddio719 That's not 100% true. He did make money off this song, just not off KZbin. He has made money from live performances of this song as well as spotify streams, and physical sales. It is true though that he's lost out on upwards of $10 million or more in royalties he could have made off KZbin and he lets people use the song for TV and Film for free.

[@cbyrne7609]

the video's simplicity is its genius. At the beginning he's naked and she's painted, then there is a moment where they are both painted, and during the outro she turns naked while he remains painted. It follows the relationship where you have two people that don't know each other, then they come together, fall apart, and then go back to being strangers again. I also love how this song shows both sides of the story... with him starting, but her telling her side too, including the harmonizing that mimics the yelling of a fight. it's a simple song and a simple video that's simplicity only works because it came from a complicated genius...

[@AllRandomOutcomes]

I've always viewed the video as portraying gender power dynamics involved in a realtionship - he's seems to be thinking of himself first and foremost assuming to be in the foreground in the relationship, but with the breakup becomes painted into the background a situation he's not used to. She starts off painted in the background, flexes her muscles and starts to asserts her sense of selfworth, coming into the foreground. A literal visual artistic metaphor.

[@johnjsal]

"At the beginning he's naked and she's painted" How do you know she's painted at the start?

[@cbyrne7609]

@@johnjsal because she's painted when you first see her, blending into the wall. this isn't a trick, it's pretty simple to see what the director was doing.

[@johnjsal]

@cbyrne7609 Yeah, but we SEE the painting happening during the video, including the wall. Why should we assume her side was already painted? Why not have the wall already painted and only HIM not painted?

[@cbyrne7609]

@@johnjsal this isn't that difficult to follow. the director is using the paint to show how the figures connect and disconnect. she's painted when he is not... this is before they meet/ as they meet. then, they are painted at the same time, this is the relationship. then, it concludes with him painted, and her not, as the relationship ends. if they were both naked at the beginning, none of the rest of it would make any sense as that would imply they were together on some level then. just cause you can't see it doesn't make it so. do you need everything spelled out for you, or do you have any deductive reasoning skills, lol?

[@Sharon-777]

Kimbra is a kiwi and she's amazing goyte didn't want the fame that came with this song he just wanted to sing and be a musician a true legend he still puts out music without the goyte name such an awesome song ❤

[@kylebanks13]

What name does he release music under now?

[@Isa_barchetta]

Probably Gotyes biggest Moment when PRINCE said, i love that song

[@thesmallfrog7832]

❤❤❤

[@optimusvalerius8824]

Gotye stopped using the Gotye stage name, and he went back to playing with his band "The Basics", who he's been playing with since 2002. They've put out 2 studio albums since he stopped being Gotye, amongst other things, so he hasn't stopped making music, just stopped using that name.

[@spicydeath82]

well the gotye name was for his more experimental music that doesn't fit his band's style.

[@MarkChappell1]

He's painting a picture of himself and then with her, then she fades out of the picture. Love the song and video, so original.

[@markiv2942]

No it doesn't. He sounds like a man whose ahole haas been opened up by another man and he fears it will never recover.

[@RaymondBCrisp]

Erased from the tapestry of his life...That part always gets me.

[@miab2389]

Won a Grammy for this song - Record of the year in 2013 & Prince announced the winner

[@philblack52]

Well deserved. Thirteen years later it still sounds great and the video is memorable.

[@thenortherner3890]

Genius song, even as an old man I can see this song still being played in 100 years.

[@markiv2942]

Please, safe kids from this ear melting horror.

[@rees89]

@@markiv2942 it is definitely strange you took a stance so strongly you're commenting multiple times about how much you don't like it on a reaction dedicated to this song.

[@mfree80286]

@@rees89 It's almost like he wants people to notice him.

[@rees89]

@@mfree80286 ye fair call i definitely made myself part of the problem

[@RaymondBCrisp]

It really resonates with a lot of folks.

[@jaquettajones]

Hands Down BEST Song of the 2010's

[@JamiHeart]

That was it's scond life. it really came out in 1988.

[@EdenMcCoy-rt9hp]

Lol no

[@EdenMcCoy-rt9hp]

@@benjamindouglas862 ah man great song

[@lisamareepritchard6375]

Gotye is Australian & Kimbra is from New Zealand. Such a great song ❤️

[@Ratzie01]

He is an Australian with Belgian roots. His family is from Bruges, West-Flanders. Gotye is a phonetic version of the French name Gauthier. A Name that is quite common in Belgium.

[@deborahbones8871]

Kimbra went to my sons school...she was in the year above him at Hillcrest High School. She was very talented

[@marcelbronder8031]

Born in Belgium,,,, brugge,,,,,,, whats Australian about that ????

[@ykook7000]

Moved to Australia at 2 yrs old ​@@marcelbronder8031

[@superm0rue]

@@marcelbronder8031 Quite simply because Gotye, real name Wouter De Backer, was born in Belgium in Bruges in 1980 and emigrated with his family to Australia when he was two years old, he has both nationalities

[@melodini3125]

I love how you can completely empathize with both of them. In stories the best writers are able to make you see both sides regardless of whom you champion. Same with this song. You hurt for them, not necessarily one over the other once. Your ready to be on his side and then she comes in and you have that moment where you remember that break ups are complicated and both people have broken hearts. Fantastic song. On a lighter note there’s a parody of this song “Some Precious that I used to Know” done by a guy singing as Gollum from the Lord of the Ring/Hobbit. 😂 it’s so funny 😂

[@thesmallfrog7832]

Will have to check this out!

[@Joshualuv13]

Every time I listen to this song. I'm instantly addicted

[@DiDiana55]

Love this song❣️Kimbra makes this song pop, Love her voice, great song

[@MikeRees]

Kimbra is fantastic. She's definitely worth checking out, a real talent

[@tomJ1.1-3]

kind of wild how the video starts almost uncomfortably intimate (probably how he felt in the relationship) but then he blends in to the scenery like a barely recognizable person in the crowd.

[@BlackPegasusRaps]

good observation

[@3MorteMorrigan]

And she started as background, and could've been anyone since he was willfully blind to who she really was, convincing himself that she was the one, but then she leaves his painting as her true self while he remains painted into the past

[@mcrook6780]

What an absolute banger

[@3DJapan]

This song was everywhere for a few years. I heard it in the supermarket a lot.

[@r.p.8065]

Kimbra is amazing singer (totally under rated)........ need to check out her acapellas

[@mamaasaiz]

She is the real deal!

[@multieyedmyr]

I had the pleasure to see her live in Chicago. It was very intimate. Could practically reach out and touch her. Was more of a club/bar then theater.

[@VideosbyLisaLisa]

🔥. Brings you straight to that gut punch when you think you matter so little to someone that you shared years of love with.

[@prestoncorbin5619]

27 years married, now just someone I used to know 😢

[@AFC9798]

The video is as genius as the song. She's blended in with the background when its his point of view but then he blends into the background when it changes to her point of view. Just like the people that we used to know blend in with the rest of our memories.

[@jailee4266]

then I always took it as she is not "part of his picture" anymore once the paint starts coming off.

[@angeladowden4535]

Excellent points!

[@laurawallis7093]

His real name is Wouter Andrè De Bacher. Belgian born Australian singer. Love him😊 he has won 3 grammy awards😊 this song is from 2011.

[@tinamakaneole]

Thanks!

[@matthewdooley7855]

I remember loving this song, then hating this song because it was played to much, then loving this song again.

[@jeffmorse645]

Three years ago I had this on repeat with bouts of crying and anger. Now, I can listen to it and yeah, just somebody that I used to know. The bit of pain is still there if I think too much about it. More like regret though from time wasted on that person.

[@paulrietveld7949]

Her story makes it so clear he is such an unreliable person: great stuff!!

[@lowlifehighroad]

this song came out while i was going through a horrible break up of a long term relationship and i really needed it at that time 🖤 will always love it

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

I'm grateful to this song for introducing me to the incredibly talented Kimbra.

[@derrickramsburg6084]

Walk Off the Earth has an amazing cover of this. It's 5 people simultaneously playing a single guitar.

[@TheAussieturtle]

An amazing song, had it on repeat when it came out and all these years later it's still on my playlist.

[@rossalynsmith5253]

He's an Aussie and I loved this song

[@FightingPaddys]

The video is very symbolic in the fact that at the end, the paint disappears from her showing she's "no longer in the picture", just somebody that I used to know.

[@scottNNJ]

I knew the paint was symbolic of something, but could never quite figure out what. This makes perfect sense. Thank you.

[@azzula729]

It works so well... Especially when you factor in that in the song she tries. He expresses an issue, she responds with her side, he completely ignores that and reiterates his issue. ... So she takes herself "out of the picture" as you said.

[@robertrodger3055]

I'm not sure about that. She's not the someone he's singing about. I think she's a new relationship upset because he's hung up on the past

[@mikepiccione886]

As a lifelong fan of the doors and Jim Morrison I can't believe it took you to point out the doors influence in this song you're absolutely right😂❤

[@lisacrandall409]

Kimbra is from my town - Hamilton in Aotearoa New Zealand. She started writing songs at the age of 10. Awesome song, it was HUGE when it came out.

[@premasru]

It was very popular and we heard it all the time at the time. I didn't mind😊

[@superrdrdrdrd]

Kimbra- Vows album is sooo good, her videos are epic

[@thewickedpixie63]

Gotye is fucking brilliant!! He has so many great songs but he hated the fame part. Just couldn't abide the circus of it all . He just wanted to make music. He went back to working with his band the Basics who are excellent as well.

[@amyl.converse9600]

Their voices are magic together~ fell in love with this one on first listen (a few years ago). Thanks BP!! Video art genius, too 😍. BTW, I think the reason we sometimes "dismiss" the depth of love we had with someone after a breakup is simply self-preservation. A way to protect our fragile hearts by pretending it wasn't a big deal. I 'm speaking from personal experience, only.

[@starlette570]

Might I recommend "Take Me to Church" by Hozier. Right around the same time frame as this song. Definitely watch the official video, but I warn you - it's tough to watch. Very deep. 💔

[@Twiggy1211]

Aaaamen, aaaameeen, amennnn 😂

[@doncuadrado8489]

Good shout-out. Let's see this where this goes.

[@DanaMac1977]

It’s my go to bed alarm and I have to sing/ listen to it each night before I turn it off…such a good song!!

[@GobigredNEB]

They have a live studio version and it’s so so much better. This song use to annoy me to no end and then I heard them together in the live studio version and their voices are so freaking amazing I can’t help but respect it!

[@snakebadgercrafts]

You HAVE to watch the “Walk Off The Earth” cover. Five people playing one guitar.

[@jonbauman457]

Awesome cover!

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

Thays where I first heard this song

[@heatherbegs137]

Yes!!!!

[@paulhenderson8201]

Well, there is that...plus Walk Off the Earth also has a tone of great songs. "Red Hands", "Hold On" to name a couple.

[@kimberlymonsini2604]

Solid recommendation

[@franciscajimenez9703]

There is a video of a group dancing to this song and it is SPECTACULAR! The song and dancing go so well together that i thought that was the best combination of both.

[@illibrium4590]

I love Kimbra ... I recommend listening to her so much! Check out "Love in High Places", "Settle Down", "Cameo Lover", "Save Me" (the video for this one is awesome), "Version of Me", "Right Direction" ... she's a really cool artist who does a lot of more experimental stuff. "Top of the World" is a great song too! The whole song builds up to the last two lines when you realize it's about how the public worships and ultimately destroys celebrities.

[@AgnesPerditaX]

I can't believe you haven't known this song. That was such a huge huge hit! A viral thing. It was literally everywhere. Gotye (Wouter André De Backer) is an Australian musician/singer of a Belgic origin. And it's crying shame that none of his other stuff went so big as well. His things are brilliant.

[@TheColdrush22]

This a GREAT song.

[@RaymondBCrisp]

It's the fact that it's so relatable. Nearly everyone has a relationship in their life that this could apply to.

[@DoomMomDot]

this song draws you in with the hook, his side makes you hurt for him, then she sings her part, and you realize he was a jerk. I love it!

[@UnexpectedTurnOfEvents]

I took it more like the same story from two point of views. Each of them hurt, each of them thought it was the other one's fault.

[@markiv2942]

No it doesn't. He sounds like a man whose ahole haas been opened up by another man and he fears it will never recover.

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

Not necessarily that he's a jerk. She's telling her side how she sees it. Doesn't mean she's right. It's a good lesson on how every story has two sides to it.

[@ajpussinboots5062]

100. Love your comment too

[@rachel-leegeorge3374]

Yeah, it's definitely eye opening when you step outside of your own perceptions and consider your own possible contributions.

[@Aniiratak]

Kimbra is a great singer, original and visionary and fresh mixing jazz, pop, soul and r'n'b. Maybe You should check her out...

[@chungin955]

Gotye is a hidden jem when it comes to music, hes got a lot of songs that go unplayed on radio

[@ShanLawson]

Best song ever and he never monetised it. Aussie legend 🇦🇺

[@marcelbronder8031]

Aussie?????? Born in Brugge Belgium 😂😂😂

[@ShanLawson]

@@marcelbronder8031 Yes. Olivia Newton-John was born in England, the Bee Gees also born in England, Mel Gibson born in the US - but all called themselves Aussie. You know, it happens.

[@ykook7000]

​@@marcelbronder8031yeah and? Moved to Australia when he was 2 yrs old! Still Aussie nationality

[@jcnunny]

The heartbreak and the stalker undertones ("friends got your stuff and you changed your number"). This was really different from everything that was popular at the moment, and it does really sting and resonates with both parties in a bad breakup. He is fading into her background, unable to leave the feeling of that relationship, while she's letting go.

[@MaggieLarocque]

Wow You read a lot of idiocy into that.

[@jcnunny]

@MaggieLarocque thank you. Hope you have a great Christmas.

[@maggieavilla1336]

Yep, you don't go that far for an amicable break up.

[@carbine5378]

I’m 71 and love this song.

[@heidicross7255]

This describes me and my ex-husband. He is just somebody that I used to know. There are no feelings at all for him, no connection, no yearnings of what was. Just a stranger, and I can live with that.

[@jryan217]

The raised eyebrows and then "yo! back up shorty" is my favorite part of this video!

[@tinasmallwood9546]

Gosh dang it!!! Now I will be singing this all day! LOL.. anyway, I finally realized after all these years, he is blending into the wall as now he feels invisible and insignificant to her.. wow. Light Bulb!

[@donraeside]

He gets painted into the background and she gets painted out of the picture. Simple but fantastic.

[@Sharon-777]

Yeah I've been singing it all day 😂

[@shanefraser7764]

Lets go kimbra our Kiwi Girl 🫡🇳🇿🇳🇿⚘️☝️🏖🌈

[@Mewwangs]

I usually watch kpop reactors, but I was shocked to see someone discovering this song because it was my whole childhood. I can't explain how much I love this song.

[@catserver8577]

It's like someone said to him "What we really need is a song that just puts it out there and gets you over it." Took the assignment seriously. Became a "viewed 2 billion times" song.

[@SalihMunur]

You're so right bro. It truly stings! And i ain't even relating it to anybody in my past. The song just stings. It's genius. It's immortal!

[@CathysFHBakery]

I read/heard where he doesn’t even like this song now as he never expected it to go “viral” like it has. And yes, this is a more current song. The song was released in 2011.

[@evilfantasy69]

It's like Creep by Radiohead. The song's massive popularity overshadows his other work and that can be frustrating at times.

[@TomG626]

Kimbra has some bangers too. “I wanna settle down” is a good one.

[@denisegardner1417]

Love Wally. This was his most famous song, but I love Hearts a Mess, Learninglivinanlovin and so many others. Check out his live versions. He is a great instrumentalist.

[@jacklewis5452]

Great music evokes emotions..........doesnt matter what the emotion is, you can love it for that emotion evoked.

[@gipsy1695]

Gotye was Born in Belgium ☝️ ❤️✌️

[@genie674]

Love this song so much❤

[@shellos8]

I had totally forgotten about this song. I love it though. I had this song was on repeat when it first came out.

[@bar-d1423]

Gotye is Australia and Kimbra is a New Zealander. If I remember correctly they won a Grammy.

[@paulcaskey]

I'm surprised that he doesn't know this one. It only came out a few years ago.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

More like 13

[@Wendy6v]

2011..but to me that feels like yesterday! Brilliant song..we all have that someone that we used to know..

[@jamesbarbour8400]

One hit wonder or not - this song is just amazing - one of the best ever.

[@WhiteTee264]

4:30 bro left the world and came back🤣🤣

[@leelou1981]

One of my favourite Aussie songs and Aussie artist. Thank you for giving it light. Sending love all the way from Down Unda 🇦🇺 ❤️

[@dolphinschild62]

He didn't want to become famous. He walked away and has his little band He plays with.

[@emilysilver9844]

I'm Australian: I remember the moment I first heard the hook in this track in the Valley Brisbane a real moment in time - incredible!!!

[@lisasstitchingandsuch]

I like the cover of this song by Walk off the Earth - the whole band playing one guitar at the same time its pretty cool

[@DrJ4712]

😮 Straight on to the playlist!🤟

[@johnmartinez1195]

The live versions are fire too, they both have great voices.

[@barbara8802]

I had never heard this! Wow!!! 😮 🤯 love it!

[@vz8464]

I love this song... it's a one hit wonder .. However, I was going through the very thing he sang about.

[@ilesalmo7724]

In the end, the colors (feelings) left her, but a red streak still stayed in him.

[@analuisahering2043]

And she was "out of the picture"

[@jasonlogie3863]

Another great Australian band . One of my fantastic Aussie talent

[@jamesbarbour8400]

So many talented bands and individuals have originated from Australia over many years. Several fantastic cover bands from down under - 'Sing it Live' are just so awesome !

[@lana.1308]

gotye was born in belgium.

[@ykook7000]

​@@lana.1308and? Moved to Australia at 2 yrs old!

[@christinawilliams]

I love the song and the powerful vocal parts.

[@mambalevel1017]

This song is one of the greatest one hit wonders ever lol

[@NitroCigarette]

You should check out some of Kimbra's stuff. Her song ''Settle Down'' is a banger

[@ExodaCrown]

This song was big years ago and you would hear it all the time on the radio and everywhere. Gotye has so many great songs; Smoke and Mirror, Heart's a Mess, State of the Art, Eyes wide open, and An Easy way out. You really can't miss with them, though the aren't really a band anymore. Kimbra has some good songs too, though I'm not the biggest fan of hers. Though it is because I haven't found a song that just hits a mood, but she very is talented. Just haven't found a song of hers I could loop for hours. As for this song, I had a couple of different takes on the song throughout time as I listen to it and heard other people's reactions. Like it's from one person's perspective, the relationship was toxic, but they young and were in love so they put up with more than they should have. With Kimbra's part being the older version angry at the other person and themselves wanting to move on. Most people seen it from the perspective of both sides of the break up. It gives the same vibe as The Airborne Toxic Event's song "Some time around midnight" as the feelings being triggered by seen an old love.

[@gaelliott61]

I love this song-groundbreaking.

[@StevesRealReviews]

The original only has over 2 Billion views - anyone else like the Walk Off the Earth cover of this?

[@snoodlegirl1794]

We went to American idol tour one year Phil Phillips won. They sang this

[@cindyv1401]

OK Now it's stuck in my head Somebody that I use to know 🫣

[@tripsmore1]

Together they were a masterpiece...when its over its just a painting.

[@Killthesefears]

Dude, we are getting on the same page. This song has been on my mind for the past few days and here you go reacting to it!

[@pfcampos7041]

Love this song- it is a classic! You pronounce it gow-tee-ay. Great reaction! You expressed the way it feels perfectly!

[@daveref]

Meant to be a re-spelling of "Gauthier" I believe

[@alexiaspaedt-mcintosh5311]

One of those songs that I absolutely love!

[@PHOENIXDARKFIRE5000]

@BlackPegasusRaps Gotye & Kimbra did an amazing job with this song their voices harmonise so well. Gotye is from Belgium and Kimbra I have had the pleasure to see live twice. She is from New Zealand and I am an Aussie and have lived in New Zealand back in the day when she was doing well in her career. She has a really nice voice, but this song is definitely an earworm. I can’t listen to it ever without it being stuck in my head all day.

[@Dhwoolies]

This song came out when my girlfriend left me. I sing the lyrics I’m just somebody you used to blow. Well it helped at the time.

[@1IndigoHeart]

Always gives me the feels.

[@-jess--here--]

This is one of those songs that changed for me and it was unexpected. When it first come out I was going through a break up and I completely understood him and didn't understand her part at all. Many years later I heard it again and it was an absolute shock to me the real dynamics of this song.

[@olivegreeneyedbeauty]

The really cool thing about Gotye and this song is that he isn't making money off of it and it is instead meant to be used for the art. Instead of licensing the song for commercial use in film and TV, Gotye decided not to do this in favor of allowing film students and creatives on the rise to be able to use his song for their projects without costing them a penny.

[@1683clifton]

Def Jim Morrison vibes, and I watched it when it was new.

[@AlexisVanzura]

HA! Here for this the moment I saw it.

[@starburstppl]

Great reaction! I've never heard of him but love the song. Also got Morrison vibes.