Gotye ft Kimbra Music Video

This music video is very current in 2012 and reached number 1 straight away. I like the concept of the video as its one of few thee days which links to the lyrics of the song.

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end
Always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
And you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know...

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
And you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

I used to know
That I used to know

Somebody...

The music video shows a man stood next to a blank wall without any paint on his body singing the song, then he slowly gets painted in an animation style way, untill he is fully covered. The painting in itself is quite striking and contempory and i like the colours they have used. The only thing that isnt painted on him is his hair. When the female vocals come into the song a woman is painted except for her face to show how they are linked together, which is their relationship. Im not sure why her face isnt painted, maybe to show in her mind she isnt conected to him. Then she slowly fades away from him and the paint is removed from her so she is now individual and not linked in any way to what they ysed to be. I think its so simple but clever and took me a while to figure ot the concept.