Congrats are in order for Gotye! Aside from having one of the most played songs in 2012 with 'Somebody That I Used to Know,' he now has a 2013 Grammy for the track.
2012 has been a very big year for artists such as Adele, Katy Perry and breakthough artist Carly Rae Jepsen and sensational artists like Korean rap star PSY. We just can't get enough of their music. Thanks to outlets like YouTube, Vevo and Spotify you can listen and watch the videos to these songs at any time. The...
Without a doubt one of the biggest songs of the summer is Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" and it has been interpreted many different ways through video parodies. A few weeks back Gotye announced he'd be releasing his own parody version of his song.
Good news for Carly Rae Jepsen, but not the kind that’ll get her in Lady Gaga‘s good graces. CRJ’s hit single ‘Call Me Maybe’ enjoyed its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It matches Gotye’s record for longest stint at No. 1 so far this year. He nabbed that stat with ‘Somebody That I Used to Know.’
In the video for "Somebody That I Used To Know," Gotye and Kimbra are featured nude and are eventually covered in paint with geometrical shapes. Now comes a parody of the song "The Star Wars That I Used To Know." It's just like the original, except the actors in the video are disgruntled Star Wars fans with a George Lucas look-a-like.
As acts that seemingly came out of nowhere to score the year’s two biggest hits so far, fun. and Gotye have a lot in common. The guys of fun. have paid tribute to their fellow chart-topper with a cover of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore.
Remember how Gotye called the ‘Glee‘ cover of his hit song “dinky?” The Australian singer-songwriter is backpedaling rather quickly from his comments, even throwing in some self deprecating remarks for good measure. What does the ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ singer have to say now?
Dinky.
That’s how Gotye (AKA Wally de Backer) referred to the ‘Glee‘ cover of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know,’ which was performed on the show’s April 10 ‘Big Brother’ episode.
Gotye did more than just sing during his stint as musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live‘ this weekend. The Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist also got in a little acting through a digital short with Andy Samberg and Taran Killam.