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

[@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.

[@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 ❤

[@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.

[@lisamareepritchard6375]

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

[@MikeRees]

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

[@DiDiana55]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@saschaeggert2148]

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

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@tinamakaneole]

Thanks!

[@rossalynsmith5253]

He's an Aussie and I loved this song

[@derrickramsburg6084]

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

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

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

[@3DJapan]

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

[@jaquettajones]

Hands Down BEST Song of the 2010's

[@JamiHeart]

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

[@mcrook6780]

What an absolute banger

[@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.

[@matthewdooley7855]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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😂❤

[@Joshualuv13]

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

[@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.

[@paulrietveld7949]

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

[@premasru]

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

[@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.

[@shanefraser7764]

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

[@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.

[@TheColdrush22]

This a GREAT song.

[@DrJ4712]

😮 Straight on to the playlist!🤟

[@barbara8802]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@genie674]

Love this song so much❤

[@jamesbarbour8400]

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

[@1IndigoHeart]

Always gives me the feels.

[@jacklewis5452]

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

[@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 😂

[@NitroCigarette]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@gaelliott61]

I love this song-groundbreaking.

[@vz8464]

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

[@patriciamedaris8552]

His voice and singing style reminds me of Sting from The Police

[@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...

[@drooney9]

Gives me chills.

[@snoodlegirl1794]

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

[@gipsy1695]

Gotye was Born in Belgium ☝️ ❤️✌️

[@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!

[@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.

[@tripsmore1]

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

[@Seeker6192]

The girl is Kimbra, check out her stuff.. Cameo Lover, etc

[@TomG626]

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

[@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.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

I like the art, it put him in the background by the time her part takes over. He disappears... it's like he's not even there.

[@dolphinschild62]

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

[@Ohmug3nW3apon13]

This song is a masterpiece

[@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

[@mambalevel1017]

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

[@starburstppl]

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

[@katjawege6886]

Brillant song, brillant video, brillant bittersweet lyrics. Loved the song and still do. It was a huuuuge hit over here in Germany ❤

[@egratudo1974]

dude came out of nowhere, dropped one of the greatest songs.....then just up and disappeared. now hes just some singer that we used to know.........

[@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"

[@cindyv1401]

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

[@bar-d1423]

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

[@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.

[@paulcaskey]

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

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

More like 13

[@AlexisVanzura]

HA! Here for this the moment I saw it.

[@Isa_barchetta]

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

[@xymonau2468]

Another great Australian talent. Gotye is his name. He is not a group. She is an independent singer. K-Pop is real.

[@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

[@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.

[@OwiggumX]

LOL this song. Oh boy we're in for a good one.

[@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.

[@paindilla1834]

I was in a brand new relationship when this came out and now I see it differently because that relationship is over.

[@helenajrgensen3157]

The song can be understood in several ways; A) that Kimbre and Gotye have separated - or B) that Kimbre leaves Gotye because he hasn't gotten over a previous girlfriend. Kimbre sings; "I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know" - which can be understood as they are 2 people in the relationship, but Gotye's thoughts are in the past... I don't know, it's just a thought 🤷‍♀ But regardless; it's a great song

[@tmm4195]

I think it's kimbra leaving him because he's a narcissist lowkey

[@tjsongman]

Since you're digging the vocal cover band thing lately...you GOTTA' check out the “Walk Off The Earth” cover. Five people playing one guitar. 😮

[@MarkMcLT]

Big fan of Kimbra. Love her video Come Into My Head.

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

Loved this song as a kid, understood it as an adult

[@fionaanderson7431]

He started off exposed….than she was! Well played!! 😃

[@vball19]

Love the Star Wars Parody of this song!

[@amyl.converse9600]

And yes, the movie you're thinking of is "The Breakup" w Aniston and Vaughn. Accurate comparison.

[@JustJack3898]

My favourite one hit wonder

[@wribit]

This song is still in my top 100. Kimbra's 'settle down' is and awesome listen/watch! Suggest checking it out

[@1683clifton]

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

[@serfillustrated4018]

The chorus could easily be a Police song.

[@christinawilliams]

I love the song and the powerful vocal parts.

[@summittaedae2323]

Now I’m somebody that she used to know. Then we just blend into the background and are unseen again.

[@nepaledb]

Kimbra is great, not sure, but I think she does a duet with Stan Walker. Speaking of stan- I love his song "take it easy". He is also a great representative of New Zealand. His family benefited greatly from his health being treated. Amazing person there. Total respect. ☮️😎🇭🇲 How great also that Gotye didn't monetise it. What a generous gesture.

[@delver4602]

Walk Off The Earth does a cover of this song...played by 5 people on one guitar.

[@chieftron]

I just made a similar comment. That video is AMAZING!

[@headingley72]

@@chieftron Yep that version was killer so good. R.I.P to Mike the Beard Guy Taylor for neck of the guitar play and all round entertainment.

[@chieftron]

P - you got to watch the cover video of this song by Walk off The Earth, it's equally as awesome!. Walk Off The Earth - Somebody I used to know, check it out!