Somebody that I used to know – Gotye ft. Kimbra

Australia, 2011

© 2011 Eleven: A Music Company. (De Backer)

Film
A close-up of Gotye, who has slightly pink lips and chestnut curly shoulder length hair, he's squinting

One of the first music videos to go viral in the age of the internet, ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ by Gotye (and featuring Kimbra) has been viewed over 1.3 billion times on YouTube. The use of body paint and early animation technique stop motion helped drive the track to a No.1 hit in the US and Australia, as well as countless comedic parodies and rip-offs in the intervening years.

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Credits

director

Natasha Pincus

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2011

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Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Australia → MA-04. Music Video

Object Types

Moving image file/Digital

Materials

music video

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