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 "The Reason You Suck" Speech about how the breakup was completely his fault, and she doesn't owe him anything more than what he's gotten.
Alternate Character Interpretation: 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.
Or they're both right. Relationships are hard, and no one comes away from a breakup happy.
The original post misinterpreted the song's meaning, and the other comments under it show that they're only looking at it one way.
The intended meaning of the song is that both people were hurt and are glad to have broken up with each other. The main conflict is not about him being passive-aggressive or being completely at fault, or her demonizing him.
Rather, it's about how she completely cut him off and acted like the relationship didn't exist despite them saying they could stay friends. The relationship and this person meant a lot, and now they're gone and acting like that time meant nothing. Kimbra is talking about the pain she felt, how she doesn't want him to be hung up on her despite him saying he would be cool with it. Again, both are expressing their views and handlign the break-up in their own ways, and it's that conflict that makes up the basis of that song.
I guess you could argue that either of them are being immature or Wangst-y though. But that doesn't have to do with the previous Wangst part, imo.
I'm removing the Wangst part.
The original post misinterpreted the song's meaning, and the other comments under it show that they're only looking at it one way.
The intended meaning of the song is that both people were hurt and are glad to have broken up with each other. The main conflict is not about him being passive-aggressive or being completely at fault, or her demonizing him.
Rather, it's about how she completely cut him off and acted like the relationship didn't exist despite them saying they could stay friends. The relationship and this person meant a lot, and now they're gone and acting like that time meant nothing. Kimbra is talking about the pain she felt, how she doesn't want him to be hung up on her despite him saying he would be cool with it. Again, both are expressing their views and handlign the break-up in their own ways, and it's that conflict that makes up the basis of that song.
I guess you could argue that either of them are being immature or Wangst-y though. But that doesn't have to do with the previous Wangst part, imo.