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Do you remember one-hit wonder Gotye? His 2011 hit Somebody That I Used to Know has billions of streams - but here's why he's barely made ANY money from the song


It would be easy to assume that Belgian-Australian singer Gotye has earned millions from the success of his famous track, and is set for life on royalties and streams of the beloved song.

So it would be easy to assume that Belgian-Australian singer Gotye has earned millions from the success of his famous track, and is set for life on royalties and streams of the beloved song. He's also made it his mission to preserve the legacy for French electronic-music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, buying two vintage electronic keyboards and forming the Ondioline Orchestra in New York. 'There are still so many places we wanted to go and people we'd like to meet, but with two young families and a medical career between us (not to mention two solo projects and a live music venue on top of this!

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