Never heard of either of em.
me neither
I thought I was going insane, or the radio was playing some weird hackney version to get around copyright. (They have some cover or something of 'I'm Blue' and its tripping me up.)
I fucking hate Anxiety. Especially the shitty rap ending with 'quiet on the set'. Bitch, no-one was talking you attention hog.
It's so funny she didn't wanna release it properly but then it blew up through no real effort of her own years down the line and people kept asking her to do a proper version over and over. So she did what people wanted and now people won't stop giving her shit for it. You really can't win with the internet nowadays
I've seen so many people saying that the reason they hate it so much is cos it's overused on tiktok and stuff. Ok so...is that her fault? It's also funny that people complain she didn't do anything different with the instrumentation when the Gotye original's is him sampling a song from the 60s and actually making it far simpler and less interesting
the Gotye original's is him sampling a song from the 60s and actually making it far simpler and less interesting
So... its distinct from the sample origin and stands as its own thing? Which is what people have a problem with the new song not doing?
Yes but as I say he made it far simpler and less interesting. So it's not like he's gone on and done some great musicianship with it. It's as close to just doing the same thing whilst still doing something that's it's own thing as can be. People are acting like she's taken his instrumentation and ruined it or something when it isn't his, for the most part. And to make it clear I don't think either of those, what Gotye or Doechii did, is a bad thing inherently. I personally like both songs. I don't get why people are so up in arms at her about it
So it’s not like he’s gone on and done some great musicianship with it
This is kinda irrelevant? I mean that's sampling in general, of course there is no "musicianship" in it, they're playing someone else's music.
People are acting like she’s taken his instrumentation and ruined it or something when it isn’t his, for the most part
Not really, people are saying she's taken his sample, which she did, and made a derivative product which is self-evident from all the people who can't tell the two songs apart until she starts singing, which doesn't apply to the original as it's truly a sample and not the same as the rest of the song.
I personally like both songs. I don’t get why people are so up in arms at her about it
Because hers is unoriginal. Taking a song from the 60s, sampling it, and making something new is one thing. Taking a song built from a sample, and basically just remixing it with your own lyrics, is not as creative or original. That's the issue people take with it.
If you truly only take a sample from a song and build your own thing around it, people are a lot less up in arms about stealing music. See also Vanilla Ice and Under Pressure, where someone did not build enough of their own thing from a sample.
She simply fails the originality test.
Are you a hip-hop fan?
Ok so your points boil down to "she wasn't creative with the instrumentation as he was". Even though while yes that is true, he hardly was so to any real degree. She did her own lyrics entirely (which are, in my opinion, a lot more creative than Gotye's) and gave the song a different feel with her delivery. And still, is the fact that Gotye was a bit creative with the instrumentation and she wasn't really a reason to give her so much hate? Let's be real too, most people hating on her don't know Gotye also sampled, they think it's entirely his. It's such a wild thing to get so mad about
Edit: wait I've just realised you said she "stole" it too. She didn't and both Gotye and the guy with the original 60s song are getting a lot of money for it because of it. Also Gotye is getting so many more plays on his song because of Anxiety being released and loads of people being reminded he exists in general
She did her own lyrics entirely (which are, in my opinion, a lot more creative than Gotye’s) and gave the song a different feel with her delivery
Well, that's not enough, apparently, for many people. Gotye took 2 seconds of a classical guitar song and made a completely new song from it. The new girl just took that same new song and put her words on it. A change, sure, but still essentially the same song. New lyrics can make a song feel completely different, but that still means the rest of the song is the same song.
is the fact that Gotye was a bit creative with the instrumentation and she wasn’t really a reason to give her so much hate?
Criticism is not hate. If she makes a song that is a slightly tweaked version of a well known hit, she is going to be seen as derivative and uninspired.
Let’s be real too, most people hating on her don’t know Gotye also sampled
So she should take more obscure samples then? Isn't that part of the art of sampling, taking something obscure and breathing something fresh into it? If people cannot even tell if your song is the original or not, then you didn't change enough.
It’s such a wild thing to get so mad about
Who's mad? You like the song, others don't, both are valid.
For me it's Hells bells tricking me into thinking it's Discovery by Daft Punk.
As a Gen Xer, for me it's when Ice Ice Baby fakes me out when I think it's going to be a Queen banger
For me its the David Guetta song instead of Blue by Eiffel 65
For me, it's the other way around
[That meme with two hands clasping]
Seeing the name automatically makes me think of the entirely different song with the same name by Elliott Smith.
Is no one gonna post a link? I'd never heard the song before. Anxiety by D whoever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCP9x31Kuk
Oh, I see, this is much better than the Gotye song, no wonder people are upset
So I was obsessively reading this manga about fish with legs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyo
And the bonus manga with the Steven Universe human sized holes in the sides of mountains. This was before Steven Universe as far as I'm aware.
spoiler
The holes were not from incubated crystal gems.
While my mom was listening to the earlier song OP's talking about on a loop while working out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
So the two are linked in my head as if the song was used in a trailer for a movie adaption of the manga. It was a while ago, like summer of 2011, but that's what popped in my head the second I saw "Somebody I used to know".
It's weird how both songs have the same intro but the new one sounds relatable. Oh, after watching the full music video for the new one it seems that the new is clearly a homage to the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCP9x31Kuk
That's cool. I'm glad they made it. They even have the people covered in the background art standing against the wall. =D
I enjoy both. 🤷
And bring shame to your family as a result.
Just kidding. Like what you like.
That’s ok they spent my entire childhood instilling shame in me. I’ve spent the last 20 years breaking free of that and liking what I like. :)
🫂
Had to look up the other song since I hadn't heard it yet. You're not kidding Doechii took the music and just inserted her lyrics. The whole song sounded like Somebody That I Used to Know with her doing bad karaoke.
I was gonna say "gotye heavily sampled Seville by Luiz Bonfá", but then i saw that she put in a fucking reference to gotye's music video in her own music video so.. yeah.. that's pretty fucking egregious..
I prefer Anxiety
Boooo
So it's a melody you used to know, huh
I don't get the hate, i think it's a pretty good song ! Better than somebody i used to know
Its fine to like it, but I can't agree that it's better. STUTK was never that much of a hit for me, but it feels more stylistically focused. To me the rhythm of the vocals and melody are a mismatch in Anxiety - I don't want to argue about this, as this is subjective taste stuff, Ive heard much worse too
it's not just you
As a Clash enjoyer, its lucky that Paper Planes by M.I.A is also a banger
I just hear twinkle twinkle little star
Ice ice baby
This song is so bad.
Never heard it but.. it was enjoyable
My 10 year old had me hear this. Anxiety is an abomination to the original song.
Uch.
It's hells bells and for whom the Bell tolls. If there's more than 2 bells, I know it's going to be AC/DC and immediately switch the station.
It's literally just Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with some extra notes
Twin-kle twin-kle li-i-i-tle star how. i. won.-der. what you are
And in minor tonality, but yes.
No one gives credit to Brahms smh
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