FIRST TIME HEARING GOTYE "SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW" FT. KIMBRA REACTION | Asia and BJ 

that was a great scene to watch, their faces when he came out and said that...they were so taken back by that being the ultimate compliment

Praise from Caesar, for sure

Who is prince?

@@trikolore very famous and accomplished singer/songwriter/musician

@@trikolore damn u young

That line broke me in a good way…

smashing pumpkins has a similar line. I've always loved it because it is familiar, but it is also a prevalent problem with mental illnesses....

Also reminds me of Dido's "See you when you're 40"

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Use to toxicity, deep down feeling like you don't deserve or get better. So being sad is a familiar feeling since childhood.

I've seen that video 50 times and never made that connection, thank you!!! 😊

I just mentioned that as i noticed not many people realize that part, then i saw your comment! :) lol

Thats awesome. I thought that he was Camouflaging into the background so she couldn't see him anymore. Then she camouflaged so they couldn't see each other(together but with issues) She then broke free from his picture and he is left unseen in his camouflage

Not connected with him no more, also the art could be his creativity of himself....

I see it as he is just part of the background and she is something unique. Or essentially he is somebody she used to know

I like getting both sides in the song too. Same with the song 'don't you want me baby'

It rarely is. I had that experience with a woman at work. We got the story (which was true) that she went home one night and her husband had left with the kids. Later, she told us that he had kept detailed notes over the past 18 months of every minor thing she did. It was about 4 or 5 years later when it was clear that she had a massive alcohol problem which in her next relationship resulted in the police being called on both parties. She lost her job and unfortunately passed away a few years later. It seemed as though she had managed to somewhat turn her life around.

@@jspettifer There's an old saying about relationships: There's his side, there's her side & somewhere in the middle is the truth.

It takes two to tango. There are always two sides to every story.

@@syd3825 never heard that one before. Around here we say that there's your side of the story, his side of the truth and somewhere in the middle is the truth.

Yep & it's extremely relatable

This and rather be by clean bandit were unforgettable pop drops imo

Beautifully put.

@@BLUETYPHONA yep. Actual real life lyrics. It checks every single box

I *DESPISE* the song.

I had the same reaction.

Apparently it took many years to write, and that it was only when he imagined it as a duet that it finally came together. It'd be nice to think that all of that hard work might have been what created the respectful qualities that tugged someone like yourself, across a genre border. I have a couple genres I prefer. But I'm always most impressed when people find ways to pull me into the genres I'm not that "m rarely hot on. Then I know they really had to do a great job.

@@relaxandsucceed4282 I'm not a "metalhead", I actually don't even like metal all that much. I enjoy good music period (subjective, I know). But this is one of those songs that I heard "somewhere" and it just grabbed me. As soon as I could, I tracked down the song info so I could listen again.

@@relaxandsucceed4282 Exactly. I have preferences, but if something is good enough, genres don't matter. That's how this one is. You can tell he put a lot of work into it.

Remember them days when everyone used to sing this and put it on all the time. Wow man we’ve grown so much since then

nice analysis :)

His lines kinda show they just weren’t good for each other with lines like “I felt you were right for me, but felt so lonely in your company” and “I’ll admit I was glad it was over. To me it feels like her describing that he was putting blame on her for all their problems while he describes what seems like her being emotionally distant

@@doges6467 its more her side that shows they were wrong. "All the times you screwed me over" "making be believe that it was always something that I'd done.

​@@doges6467 Not necessary because he could be the one being emotionally distant, especially because he mentioned that she claimed be so happy that she could die meanwhile he talked like he always was detached emotionally from her, like his heart was never in the relationship. A person can feel lonlynees because personal issues/problems, not just for how they are treated.

I've always thought this could almost be another duet between Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel.

@@jedislap8726 who is Kate Bush? I got no clue.

@@kimtalley4496 Are you joking??

@@jedislap8726 nope

@@kimtalley4496 :(

Same. Lol It was sooooo big in Europe.

Maybe because we're older?

@@evelynne2846 they look old asf

@@evelynne2846 true but they should know cuz they look older than me

I'm young and have heard this song plenty

Yeah I noticed that too! And the fact that he’s not in complete denial, but instead rebuttals with “but you didn’t have to cut me off!” Showing he knows he’s not completely in the wrong or right. Great detail!!

Spot on!

She did it lol

@CrusaderWarrior yes, she caught him hung up on somebody that he used to know.

When we learn Kimbra’s side wuz cold blooded *clapclapclap* !

It is her lines are what tells it all.

Definitely. Talented guy.

I know! I’m sad his other stuff didn’t get more attention.

I still have the Making Mirrors album somewhere. It was great.

Aussie born in Bruges Belgium , so we claim him too ;)

@@daveangels Oh yes, and Belgium 🔥

@@daveangels we can both have him hahahaha 🇦🇺 ❤️ 🇧🇪

@@daveangels yasss we claim him too in Belgium :)

Oz and kiwis are in cricket WC finals 😸

Sadly yes

Definitely. I never want to be friends, doesn't matter who breaks up.

Eh, I think it depends on both people and the reasons they broke up. It is possible (witnissed it myself alot) but I agree that alot of people cant do it or dont want to.

@@Shyress I know it's possible but I could never date somebody that was friends with an ex and I know that's because of my own insecurities due to life experience; I'm fine with that.

@@Shyress It is not really friendship. One of the parties, usually the man, still has feelings for the other and think that remaining "friends" with that person will give them chances to get back together in the future. It never ends well. It is worse.

I never knew that!

Hi is Belgian.

Not aussie,hè is from Belgium

@@wilfriedmoortgat1891 he's an Belgium -Australian. He may of been born in Belgium but he's from Melbourne. Read his bio & see for urself mate & then come back & tell me I'm wrong. Who cares anyway, it was the Aussie music industry that got him where he was. It's like every person in Scotland saying AC/DC are Scottish not Aussie....no the Young brothers were born in Scotland but moved to Australia as ten pound poms as kids. ACCA DACCA as us Aussie's call them became a band in Australia, they went thru the Aussie music industry & that hadda huge role in how successful they're today. I understand Belgium don't have much talent in anything no matter the job description so if u wanna claim him as JUST Belgium then go for it mate coz we've got many a successful person in each industry in the world in all aspects of any description. Mainly sport coz that's the only thing we Aussie's care about over every other aspect of life & yeah the Socceroos might be shit when it comes to soccer but in majority of sports we're one of the best sporting nations in the world so Belgium can have him if they're that despo about a bloke that's never been heard or seen of since. Au Revoir mate, take care & cheers from The Great Southern Land 🇦🇺 😊

Not everyone watches the Grammys

​@@darkmoondrops perhaps not but that awards show rarely gives two Grammys to esoterica.

Very good point!

Agreed! And how she moves in the video while he is static. It is her doing the moving on, both literally and metaphorically.

I think my favorite moral of this story is there is always 2 sides to every story. People here the first story they hear and automatically take his side until you hear hers and you're like, "ooooohhh... yeah... imma just head out." Lol

@@Dessertpvnk Exactly.

​@@darlenenoble7232 I feel bad for both

@@rodrigoangelo488 Yea it seems like there were alot of underlying issues that neither of them bothered to address. Now its too late.

well it's your opinion, but i think it can be both ways. Broken a longtime relationship is hard and you easily become bitter and it can become nasty. Every person acts different and most of the time both sides commit bad actions. I for myself can relate pretty well to that scene, because i was the guy. I was 7 years in an relationship and could 100% understand the drama. I knew she was hurt the same way that I was, but she slept with many men short after, she compensated it different. I locked myself up and she searched for easy entertainment to get her head clear. We both knew it was over and never will be a new start, we were to different at the end and maybe we will never see us again.

I like the visual where she is washed clean of the relationship, while he just fades away from her into the background. I have heard it said that the opposite of love is hate. In my opinion. The opposite of love is indifference.

This resonates as it reminds me of my last relationship and how it ended.

I don't think there is a bad guy here

@@esdrasfilipe431 Judging by the lyrics, he definitely comes across as the "bad" guy or toxic one. He didn't like her that much and was happy with the break up, yet he's upset that she's moving on without him.

Unfortunately, it's called payola. Record companies would pay radio stations more money to play certain songs to increase album sales.

@@scottvanhille5688 Maybe but this song was played pretty regularly up until like 2018 then my old alternative station turned into a reggaeton station.

Honestly, after I heard this jam I wanted to hear more from him. I also like this other song of his called Heart's a Mess or Your Heart's a Mess or something. The video is a trip. I gotta dig deeper but I like the music so far👍

They play it here on the alt station in New Orleans.

Wally is amazing, he has several songs of this calibre, my favourites are "Hearts a Mess" /watch?v=MpN1j8R5lZ8 and "The Only thing I know" /watch?v=7tdFa75OXlY. Watch him live too, he's great. There is a Triple J live at the wireless performance he did where he plays multiple instruments. He has a group of musicians that he swaps out depending on which instrument he is playing for a particular song.

This song was played on my local radio station back in 2011, good fucking times man

Doesn't it remind you of some sting or something? Also vast did this kind of thing quite a few years ago.