Lamar - Somebody That I Used To Know -... - Kendrick

Gotye’s song is about a lover who becomes a stranger. Kendrick’s “u” is about looking in the mirror and hating the stranger staring back.

The fact that 10,000 people a month search for “Kendrick Lamar - Somebody That I Used To Know” proves a cultural thesis: Hip-hop and indie rock are the same genre now.

Gotye wrote about being left behind. Kendrick writes about doing the leaving to save his soul. In 2024, we realized both stories are the same. Kendrick Lamar - Somebody That I Used To Know -...

Kendrick does not need a feature with Gotye. He already wrote the response. It is called “Mother I Sober.” On that track, he breaks a generational curse. He looks at the terrified boy he used to be, nods, and walks into the light.

That is the real song. Go listen to it.

If you want the feeling of “Somebody That I Used To Know,” here are the three Kendrick tracks you need to hear.

If Kendrick ever remixed Gotye’s track, it might sound like: Gotye’s song is about a lover who becomes a stranger

You cut me off like a loose thread /
Now I’m somebody you used to dread /
Used to share toothpaste, now you spread lies instead /
How you know me? That version of me is dead.