History YMMV / Gotye

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Damn near all of it.
** Props must be given to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M "Somebodies"]], though, making his own remix of his most popular song and all non-famous cover artists.

** Props must be given to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M Somebodies]] though. Making his own remix of his most popular song and all non-famous cover artists.
* CoveredUp: A lot of Youtube covers credit Music/WalkOffTheEarth as the original singers of "Somebody That I Used to Know".

** No you didn't have to stoooooop so looooow!
** Gotye's relative lack of activity after Somebody That I Used To Know became popular became memetic in and of itself, with some joking about him dropping off the face of the Earth after one song and that Gotye has become the titular "somebody" that people used to know.
* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6V_44ibou8 The video for "Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You"]]
** The ''title'' for "Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You".

* SampledUp: As is to be expected when a lot of your samples are from obscure and usually very niche records. For example, not many people seem to know that "Somebody That I Used to Know" sampled the guitar riff from Luiz Bonfa's "Seville" or that the hook for "State Of The Art" is a horn break from a recording of a Taiwanese folk song. The fact his particular style of sampling doesn't sound like sampling can also make it harder for the untrained ear to even recognize that the music is made of samples at all rather than being played by live musicians.

* TearJerker

** [[Creator/Cs188 But you didn't have]] [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop to cuuuuut it ooooooooooff!]] [[GroinAttack *gets sliced*]] '''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...AAAAAAAAAH!!!!'''''

** "Somebody That I Used To Know." Anyone who's ever gone through an uncomfortable breakup where both sides play the BlameGame (and one is clearly more guilty than the other, but [[{{Pride}} can't accept it]]) can identify with it's sombre lyrics. In the video, Gotye is trying his best not to make eye contact with Kimbra, either out of shame, frustration or both, as she calls him out on his {{wangst}}, all while both of them are literally and figuratively [[TheGlovesComeOff naked]].

** "Somebody That I Used To Know." Anyone who's even gone through an uncomfortable breakup where both sides play the BlameGame (and one is clearly more guilty than the other, but [[{{Pride}} can't accept it]]) can identify with it's sombre lyrics. In the video, Gotye is trying his best not to make eye contact with Kimbra, either out of shame, frustration or both, as she calls him out on his {{wangst}}, all while both of them are literally and figuratively [[TheGlovesComeOff naked]].

*** Gameplay Vs. Lore[=/=][X] Lore Vs. [Y] Lore[[labelnote:Explanation]]A submeme spawned from comparing a game's gameplay against its lore, or different media lores, to emphasize how mundane the former is while the latter is balls-to-the-wall insane. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W09Hc1EjL8 For example]].[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: [[LargeHam But you didn't have to cuuuuut me ooooooooff!]]

* SampledUp: As is to be expected when a lot of your samples are from obscure and usually very niche records. For example, not many people seem to know that "Somebody That I Used to Know" sampled the guitar riff from Luiz Bonfa's "Seville" or that the hook for "State Of The Art" is a horn break from a recording of a Taiwanese folk song. The fact his particular style of sample doesn't sound like sample can also make it harder for the untrained ear to even recognize that the music is made of samples at all rather than being played by live musicians.

* SampledUp: As is to be expected when a lot of your samples are from obscure and usually very niche records. For example, not many people seem to know that "Somebody That I Used to Know" sampled the guitar riff from Luiz Bonfa's "Seville" or that the hook for "State Of The Art" is a horn break from a recording of a Taiwanese folk song. In fact, to the untrained ear, it's easy to assume that there's no sampling at all and everything is being performed by live musicians.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Many people have taken notice to the fact that the Xylophone line in Gotye's, "Somebody That I Used To Know," sounds a-lot like the chord progression in, "Baa Baa Black Sheep." On the surface this is true, [[SubvertedTrope but]] when you get right down to it there's only a one-note difference in the melodies, and it sounds completely different when put in context with the chord progressions of each song.

** "Somebody That I Used To Know." Anyone who's even gone through an uncomfortable breakup where both sides play the BlameGame (and one is clearly more guilty than the other, but [[{{Pride}} can't accept it]]) can identify with it's sombre lyrics. In the video, Gotye is trying his best not to make eye contact with Kimbra, either out of shame or frustration (or both), as she calls him out on his {{wangst}} on the bridge, all while both of them are literally and figuratively [[TheGlovesComeOff naked]].

** Anyone who's even gone through an uncomfortable breakup where both sides play the BlameGame (and one is clearly more guilty than the other, but [[{{Pride}} can't accept it]]) can identify with "Somebody That I Used To Know." In the video, Gotye is trying his best not to make eye contact as Kimbra is calling him out on his {{wangst}}, all while both of them are literally and figuratively [[TheGlovesComeOff naked]].

* TearJerker: The song "Bronte", which is about a friend's dog that had to be put down. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le34ygtODfI music video]] has a [[GrowingUpSucks different theme]], but it's sad as well.

* SignatureSong: "Somebody That I Used To Know" is easily this, given it's his only hit.

* EarWorm: "Somebody That I Used To Know".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Damn near all of it.
** Props must be given to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M Somebodies]] though. Making his own remix of his most popular song and all non-famous cover artists.

** [[Creator/{{Cs188}} But you didn't have]] [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop to cuuuuut it ooooooooooff!]] [[GroinAttack *gets sliced*]] '''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...AAAAAAAAAH!!!!'''''

* SweetDreamsFuel: His entire oeuvre could be called this, but special mention goes out to the ethereal, gentle "Giving Me A Chance".[[spoiler:..unless you're listening to the album version, in which case it concludes with the LastNoteNightmare example on the main page.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkYfHxW9zZU "Heart's A Mess"]]. The singer is in love with [[LoveHurts someone who has been hurt in love]] and can't commit.

** "Eyes Wide Open" is a song about people facing ruin because they refuse to change or even acknowledge that they need to. While the song doesn't directly mention any real-world matter, the music video featuring humanoid creatures traversing barren landscapes in search of water imply that the song is about the difficulty of getting people to address major environmental issues.

** "Eyes Wide Open" is a song about facing ruin because people refuse to change to acknowledge warning signs. While the song doesn't directly mention any real-world matter, the music video featuring humanoid creatures traversing barren landscapes in search of water imply that the song is about the difficulty of getting people to address major environmental issues.

** "Eyes Wide Open" is a song about humanity's destruction. It doesn't come from some massive cataclysm, but a refusal to change even after it becomes obvious that our habits are self-destructive.

** "Eyes Wide Open"is a song about humanity's destruction. It doesn't come from some massive cataclysm, but a refusal to change even after it becomes obvious that our habits are self-destructive.

-->''Love ain't fair/So there you are, my love''

* SampledUp: Not many people seem to know that "Somebody That I Used to Know" sampled the guitar riff from Luiz Bonfa's "Seville".

-->''Love ain't fair/So there you are, my love''
* {{Wangst}}: Deliberately used in "Somebody That I Used to Know." The singer is whining about his newly ex-girlfriend being mean to him, despite everything he talks about being completely normal for the situation, and all while he passive-aggressively says this doesn't mean he wants her back. This is made perfectly clear when Kimbra comes in as the ex-girlfriend, and treats him to a withering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how the breakup was completely his fault, and she doesn't owe him anything more than what he's gotten.
** AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The ex-girlfriend overidealized Gotye during their relationship, which led to him breaking up with her. Now that it's over, she's overcompensating by demonizing him.
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or they're both right.]] Relationships are hard, and no one comes away from a breakup happy.

** [[TakeAThirdOption They're both right.]] Relationships are hard, and no one comes away from a breakup happy.

** [[TakeAThirdOption They both have legitimate grievances with each other, and both have bruised hearts. Relationships are hard.]]

* {{Wangst}}: Deliberately used in "Somebody That I Used to Know." The singer is whining about his newly ex-girlfriend being mean to him, despite everything he talks about being completely normal for the situation, and all while he passive-aggressively says this doesn't mean he wants her back. This is made perfectly clear when Kimbra comes in as the ex-girlfriend, and treats him to a withering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how the breakup was completely his fault, and she doesn't owe him anything more than what he's gotten.

** [[Creator/{{Cs188}} But you didn't have to cuuuuut it ooooooooooff!]] *gets sliced* '''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...AAAAAAAAAH!!!!'''''

* SignatureSong: "Somebody That I Used To Know".

* {{Wangst}}: Deliberately used in "Somebody That I Used to Know." The singer is whining about his newly ex-girlfriend being mean to him, despite everything he talks about being completely normal for the situation, and all while he passive-aggressively says this doesn't mean he wants her back. This is made perfectly clear when Kimbra comes in as the ex-girlfriend, and treats him to a withering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about hwo the breakup was completely his fault, and she doesn't owe him anything more than what he's gotten.

-->''Love ain't fair/So there you are, my love''