Kimbra’s selection, however, was not originally a certainty. Gotye revealed to Jam! Music that the first singer they had in mind was a rather well known voice in Australia, who was scheduled to come into the studio, but ended up canceling the night before the session. Months later they met at a festival and she told him with a laugh that maybe that had been a mistake. Gotye spent five months looking for the right voice for the track. He even tried his girlfriend at the time, the Australian singer-songwriter Tash Parker, but her voice did not suit the song