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Sometimes fans confuse this track with which is a real collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem (released on Keem's album The Melodic Blue ). That track features a similar vocal style but is a completely different song.

"You said I won’t ride until Kendrick drive a new Monte Carlo that cruise" The Sample: This specific version was later interpolated by for his track "Memories Back Then," which also featured and Kendrick. 2. The "Somebody" Leaks (2019-2021) Kendrick Lamar - Somebody That I Used To Know -...

The most famous direct link between Kendrick and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" involves the song "" by T.I., featuring B.o.B. and Kendrick Lamar. Sometimes fans confuse this track with which is

: A vocal sample of Kimbra’s bridge echoes and dissolves into static. : A vocal sample of Kimbra’s bridge echoes

Each verse ends with the refrain: "I'll never forget your song." But the subtext is grief-stricken amnesia. He is trying to remember the people he used to know before the violence erased them. The melancholic guitar loop of that track is the hip-hop equivalent of Gotye’s xylophone—sparse, circular, entrapping.

The connection between and Gotye’s hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" is a deep cut in hip-hop history that often resurfaces in fan circles.