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'Somebody That I Used to Know,' like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly - I wrote it in November 2010 - but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles.
~ Gotye
Bit
Come
Constant
Fairly
Female
Find
Finish
Hurdles
Know
Life
Like
Lot
Make
Months
November
Part
Quickly
Realize
Really
Record
Right
She
Six
Somebody
Struggle
Took
Used
Were
Written
Wrote
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A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?
~ Gotye
Always
Aspect
Because
Big
Big Part
Brain
Collecting
Combining
Discovering
Discovery
Existed
History
I Think
Involves
Just
Just Kind
Kind
Know
Known
Love
Making
May
Music
Part
Parts
Recording
Sampling
Searching
Surprise
Think
Unlock
Why
You
Your
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All the records I've put out have had either artwork that I did while I was young or something that my Dad painted.
~ Gotye
Artwork
Dad
Did
Either
Had
Out
Painted
Put
Records
Something
While
Young
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I do get a bit of a sense, just from e-mails some people send me, just a little sense of how people in different countries seem to respond differently to certain lines in a song.
~ Gotye
Bit
Certain
Countries
Different
Different Countries
Differently
E-Mails
Get
How
Just
Lines
Little
Me
People
Respond
Seem
Send
Sense
Some
Some People
Song
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I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get your hands on very easily. Things that are kind of nebulous and they feel like they're not completely formed. You have to feel your way through that.
~ Gotye
Because
Draw
Easily
Feel
Formed
Get
Guess
Hands
Hands-On
Kind
Like
Me
Really
Some
Some Things
Subconscious
Surrealism
Things
Through
Unknown
Very
Way
World
You
Your
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I have this desire to just while away weeks, months and years. It took me two years to make this record but that was with me trying to condense my process and not disappear down the rabbit hole with all the cool things I've collected. I could take 10 years and not explore everything I want to with these instruments.
~ Gotye
Away
Collected
Condense
Cool
Could
Desire
Disappear
Down
Everything
Explore
Hole
Instruments
Just
Make
Me
Months
Process
Rabbit
Record
Take
Things
Took
Trying
Two
Want
Weeks
While
Years
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I quite clearly remember driving home at 9 a.m., after shooting all day, in a bathrobe, with bodypaint all over my face, and going through McDonald's drive-thru. I ordered a coffee to make sure I didn't crash on the way home. And the girl working there, she didn't even bat an eyelid. I guess it's a regular thing down in Hastings McDonald's.
~ Gotye
After
All Day
Bat
Clearly
Coffee
Crash
Day
Down
Driving
Even
Face
Girl
Going
Guess
Home
Make
McDonald
Ordered
Over
Quite
Regular
Remember
She
Shooting
Sure
Thing
Through
Way
Way Home
Working
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I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.
~ Gotye
Ability
Adventurous
Album
Edge
Exciting
Far
How
How Far
I Can
Just
Make
Most
Push
See
Tend
Things
Try
Want
Whatever
Work
Your
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Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I think was originally a verse ends up becoming the chorus, or what's an intro gets dropped as a hook, things get shifted around a lot.
~ Gotye
Around
Becoming
Chorus
Dropped
Ends
Fit
Get
Gets
Hook
How
I Think
Lot
Moved
Originally
Puzzle
Quite
Sections
Shifted
Sometimes
Sure
Things
Think
Tune
Up
Verse
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This 'Making Mirrors' album is far more personal, even if there's a character element to the sounds I'm working with. Every song on this album I stand behind; I feel like I have a close relationship with them. There are older songs where I can feel myself writing a story, so this is the first album where I'm proud of every lyric.'
~ Gotye
Album
Behind
Character
Close
Close Relationship
Element
Even
Every
Far
Feel
First
I Can
I Feel
I Feel Like
Like
Lyric
Making
Mirrors
More
Myself
Older
Personal
Proud
Relationship
Song
Songs
Sounds
Stand
Story
Them
Where
Working
Writing
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Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.
~ Gotye
Arc
Bunch
Give
Gives
Greater
Hope
Journey
Music
Rather
Sense
Set
Songs
Than
Through
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BirthDate
21 May, 1980
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Belgium
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