Something was captured on that day. And he went away, continued to work on it. I thought no more about it, really. I knew it was special, but I honestly thought it was going to be, like, a track six ballad on the record. So maybe you guys are way smarter than me. What was your experience of receiving the Grammy for Record of the Year then? I was very excited to be in the same room as my idols. They were all sitting together. I had no expectations of winning the Grammy. I thought it was incredible that we were nominated.
We were just excited that we were going to be part of the event. Do you recall the moment when they read your name? Now that part I remember very well! That moment of the nominations being called out was very unreal. What happened behind the scenes to your life after the Grammys? My career was taking off, but I was kind of hesitant to even let that in because I am very wary of success. I know that it can be gone in a heartbeat.
So I resisted it a lot. I used that notoriety from the Grammys to kind of pull together a really crazy cast of people for my second record: Rich Costey, who had produced bands like Interpol; Matthew Bellamy from Muse; Mark Foster from Foster the People; Thundercat ; Daniel Johns from Silverchair.
Why would I go and make a cookie-cutter hit after that, when I just had success with was something so obscure. I just believed in the power of possibility after that moment. Try to Download directly 0. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Listen to the Gotye J Files above. Or subscribe to The J Files podcast. Critics the world over have called the song an 'unlikely hit'. That stance is debatable and feels a little backhanded.
But there's no denying that de Backer was an unlikely pop star. Why is it so important? It was a funny experience. It's not all about America though.
And for Wally de Backer, it's not all about mainstream success, Grammy Awards, smashing chart records, and making tons of sweet cash. It's about music, connection, and the unlikely lives his art can impact. Read all about Gotye's life and career — straight from the man himself — in The J Files right here. Monday 5 July pm.
Share Facebook Twitter Mail Whatsapp. Wally de Backer on the 'odd experience' of releasing an inescapable hit Ten years ago, Gotye released 'Somebody That I Used To Know', a duet recorded with New Zealand singer Kimbra that went Platinum in Australia a ridiculous 17 times, as well as going 14 times platinum in the United States, a notoriously difficult market to crack.
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