Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know”, featuring Kimbra, samples “Seville” by Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfá. The borrowed element is a nylon-string guitar passage, which became part of the repeating foundation beneath Gotye’s breakup song.…
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Doechii’s “Anxiety” is built around “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra. If the instrumental instantly sounds familiar, that’s why. But there’s another twist. Doechii originally made “Anxiety” years before becoming a…
Doechii’s “Anxiety” is a strikingly unusual and culturally pervasive track that transcends the typical release cycle of a pop song — originally recorded in her bedroom and shared on YouTube in 2019, it found new…
