Whether it's blasting at a local bodega or being massacred at dive karaoke bars around the world, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (featuring Kimbra) remains to be an inescapable triumph.
The April 14 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live will be hosted by Oscar-nominated actor Josh Brolin, featuring Gotye as a musical guest. Who is Gotye, you ask? Wouter "Wally" De Backer, 31, is a ...
It's an understatement to say things are going well for Gotye. The Belgium-born Australian's song 'Somebody That I Used to Know' has become a worldwide smash, thanks to a stylized, standout video that ...
Off the back of some well-deserved star treatment in LA at the Grammy Awards, Gotye is back in Sydney and has done his first post-Grammy interview with none other than educational radio station 2SER ...
Our Vintage Cafe today is from 2012, the year the Melbourne, Australia-based artist Gotye's world-wide smash "Somebody That I Used To Know" was everywhere. The single has sold more than 30 million ...
A Vulture podcast on the making and meaning of popular music, hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding. “Prince walked to the stage and I just can’t explain what it’s like to ...
Wouter ‘Wally’ De Backer is the name of the man behind Gotye, one the biggest names in Australian music at the moment. He might not be so well known over here just yet, but if anything should endear ...
When I interviewed Wouter "Wally" De Backer, AKA Gotye, for Australian GQ last year, the symptoms of his fame were small, like getting recognized at his local bakery, or complimentary waffles from a ...
In Gotye's 'Easy Way Out' clip, which marks the first video since the cartoon visuals of 'Bronte' were released back in August 2011, the singer-songwriter is leading a humdrum life in an animated ...
Not a lot of music directed at children does well on the pop charts in the United States. Despite this, Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” samples a famous children’s song. Gotye explained why he ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X These days, it’s impossible to scroll without hearing Doechii‘s “Anxiety” creeping up on Us — and ...
T.I. took Kendrick Lamar and B.o.B. with him to Los Angeles to film his video for “Memories Back Then.” As Hip-Hop Wired reported late last year, this song originally featured a sample of Gotye’s ...