#kimbra

[bethanydelleman]

I'm on a duet kick and I'm marvelling about what an amazing song Somebody That I Used to Know is from a narrative perspective. We're told this sad tale about love and we're all sympathizing with this poor man:

And then the girl shows up shouts, "UNRELIABLE NARRATOR!"

The guy tries to get us back, "No wait! This is my pity party! Hear my sad tale again." But he's lost us, we can't see him in the same way again. The spell is broken. And the spell remains broken, you cannot hear the first verse in the same way ever again.

The acting in the music video too, the way he silently accepts her words. The way he flinches as she talks. He was trying to write his own narrative but he can't stand hearing the truth. And he has no new rebuttal, he can't refute her.

#somebody that I used to know #4 minutes to tell a complex story #unreliable narrators #gotye #kimbra

[one-time-i-dreamt]

cultural reset

#not a dream #gotye #kimbra #somebody that i used to know #music #song #pop crave #Youtube

[vurlient]

Somebody that I used to know!~~

#cry of fear #sophie cry of fear #cry of fear sophie #sophie cof #cof sophie #simon cry of fear #cry of fear simon #cof simon #simon cof #gotye #kimbra #favvv childhood song #epic mention to my brother

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #63: 2012

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We're starting to see the sound of the 2010's differentiating itself from the 2000's. EDM and dance pop is still big, especially that "festival sound". Nicki Minaj's Starships and Rihanna's We Found Love are notable examples of the "wordless chorus" (where the song builds up to a drop or some other kind of musical phrase instead of a traditional chorus) that will continue to shape the decade's musical landscape. We'll also start to see more examples of songs being attributed to the producer in addition to, or in some cases instead of, the vocalist.

But what's especially interesting this year are the new ways artists are being able to grow an audience. Traditional methods of promotion like TV are still present, with Fun's We Are Young gaining widespread popularity from its cover on Glee and One Direction gaining their initial popularity off of The X Factor. But this is the year we're starting to see the trends shifting. While Carly Rae Jepsen was already making a name for herself in the Canadian music scene through her appearance on Canadian Idol, her debut hit Call Me Maybe, started to take off in the States after Justin Bieber tweeted about it. This wasn't the first time a song blew up online, and it wasn't even the biggest this year.

I won't bury the lead: this was the year Psy's Gangnam Style took off worldwide. However, the song is not featured on this poll, because it only made it to number 47 on the Billboard Year-End chart. This is notable for any Korean language song (especially at the time), but for a song that was so universally known and parodied, if feels odd that it wasn't bigger than it was. The reason for that is Gangnam Style became popular through its music video, and Billboard didn't factor YouTube views into their charts at the time. Billboard changed their data collection to include YouTube views later this year. Was it because of Psy? Maybe. But after this year, we'll start to see a lot more instances of songs taking off in part to the performance of their music videos -- even more than the peak of MTV in the 80's.

#billboard poll #billboard music #tumblr poll #music poll #2010s #2010s music #2012 #gotye #kimbra #carly rae jepsen #fun #janelle monae #maroon 5 #wiz khalifa #ellie goulding #the wanted #kelly clarkson #rihanna #calvin harris #nicki minaj #one direction

[digitalfountains]

Kimbra & Katie by Hollie Fernando

#kimbra #katie #hollie fernando

[shopwitchvamp]

The skirts:

The music rec:

#witch vamp #black heart #broken heart #kimbra #cameo lover #broken hearts club #lovecore #heartcore #💔 #skater skirt #cute skirts #skirts with pockets #music recs #fashion #pastel goth #goth #clothing #indie fashion #valentine's #pink and black #Youtube

[leonardcohenofficial]

#completely unironically this song still hits #Tunes #gotye #kimbra

[pancakewithamace]

...

#polls #music #memes #musicals #the wizard of oz #judy garland #gotye #kimbra #star wars #palpatine #nirvana #adele #something rotten #queen #glass animals #all star #smash mouth #ash is rambling again

[luckythings]

#Kimbra

[zelda-cooper]

Hi, @trishabeakens! I wanted to give you a gift!Here! ^^

#darkwing duck #darkwing duck au #ducktales #dwd oc #darkwing oc #darkwing duck oc #ducktales oc #kimbra #liquidator #my art

[dumblr]

Now you're just somebody that I used to know.

#quotes #gotye #somebody that i used to know #emotions #love #feelings #sad but true #romantic quotes #love quotes #sad thoughts #thoughtful #wise words #lyrics #writes #writer #kimbra #words #unsaid thoughts #dumblr

[thatbitchsimone]

#kimbra

[pleasuredelaying]

Kimbra, shot by Spencer Ostrander

#kimbra #good music #good photography #new album out soon #Spencer ostrander

[officerkisnotokay]

5 Songs

okaaaaay I was tagged by @wahbegan to do this, here are my five songs on repeat.

Apoidea by Roman Remains, I just heard this on a whim and dI think the whole album is great but this song really hits the sweet spot.

2. Smaal Town Witch by Sneaker Pimps, I'm OLD okay (not really) again this whole album, Bloodshot. BANGERS. Definitely 90's vibs here, if you like this one check out 6 Underground by them too.

3. Lemon by N.E.R.D. and Rihanna, OKAY I say this about all the albums I'm posting so far but THIS ALBUM IS SLEPT ON . N.E.R.D. is so undeerappreciated. But anyway this song slays.

4. Before I Forget by Slipknot. I am an angy baby at heart Slipknot just gets it dude. Listen to all the Slipknot if you can, its theraputic lol yeah not sure what else to say, go listen to some Slipknot. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

5. Look by Sebastien Tellier, ugh this song is super nostalgic for me. I use to play this all the time, its just a really chill song, I can study to this, i play this while I play video gmes. Just yeah him and Miike Snow were in constant rotation when i was a preteen/teenager.

And those are my five songs. If you've reached this part tahnk you for taking the time. And I am going to tag

@victoriaisbored

@notsospecialafterall

@worriednerd

#my post #this was hard there is so much in my library that i listen to on repeat #lots of lana #kimbra #the marias

[digitalfountains]

Katie & Kimbra by Hollie Fernando

#katie #kimbra #hollie fernando

[shopwitchvamp]

The skirt:

The music rec:

#witch vamp #music recs #recommendations #skirt #skater skirt #skirts with pockets #passion's flame #passion's flame skater #flame #fire #aesthetic #fire aesthetic #kimbra #settle down #music #music video #yeah it's kimbra again #enjoy #Youtube