Somebody That I Used To Know AI Trend

Add two photos and you both take over the painted-bodysuit Somebody That I Used To Know duet: one sings in face paint, the other walks in and stares him down.

  • No prompt
  • Song included
  • No paint
Example · Somebody That I Used To Know AI

PNG / JPG / WebP · up to 10 MB · at least 512px on the short side

0/2 photos

Photo 1 plays the face-painted man who sings from the start; photo 2 the woman in the black bob who steps in at 8s. One person per photo, face clear.

Video settings

No prompt needed. Only upload photos of yourself or people who agreed to be featured; celebrity photos and film stills aren't allowed.

What is the Somebody That I Used To Know AI trend?

The Somebody That I Used To Know AI trend swaps two people into the painted-bodysuit Halloween duet of the 2011 Gotye song: an AI video edit puts your faces on the two performers, while the costumes, the face paint and the song stay as they are.

Illustration of a young man in face paint and a coral geometric bodysuit singing beside a woman with a black bob in a green geometric bodysuit, in front of a colour-block wall

The look starts with the official music video, where Gotye and Kimbra are painted, body and face, into a wall of flat colour blocks until they almost vanish into it. Halloween versions skip the body paint: hand-painted bodysuits, a wig and a few lines drawn across the face recreate it, and couples lip-sync the song in them. The AI version keeps that costume and adds your faces, so nobody spends an evening painting.

Searches for Somebody That I Used To Know AI mostly turn up AI covers: the song re-sung in a cloned voice, with Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain and Eminem versions at the top of Google's suggestions. That is a different thing. This page makes a video of the two of you in the costume, with the original song.

From the 2011 video to the TikTok duets

  1. Gotye releases Somebody That I Used To Know, featuring Kimbra, from the album Making Mirrors. The official video has about 2.73 billion YouTube views (read November 5, 2026).

  2. @bellvtrix.ai posts an AI-made duet of two cats singing the song in front of a pink-and-grey colour-block wall, captioned as made with Higgsfield: about 3.07 million TikTok plays and 551,000 likes.

  3. A CapCut template called People I know appears, with AI-made film-couple duets as its preview. It has 2,271 uses by November 5.

  4. @tauruspopstar17 posts two Halloween duets on October 30 and 31, both in hand-painted bodysuits and wigs and lip-synced to the song: about 970,000 and 950,000 TikTok plays.

  5. Tutorial posts sharing one copied caption start sending people to the CapCut template. Most get 100 to 1,000 plays; the biggest reaches about 115,000.

Sources: TikTok and CapCut figures read November 5, 2026; YouTube view count of the official video; release details from English Wikipedia.

The painted duet, second by second: he sings, she stares

The whole template is one handheld take in a cream-tiled bathroom, 14 seconds long with no cuts. He sings every line; she walks in, never sings a word, and steals the ending with a look.

  1. Close-up of a man in a shaggy dark wig and white face paint with dark lines, singing with a sideways glance10:00–0:03

    Close-up, already singing

    The take opens tight on his painted face, mid-line, eyes off to one side.

  2. Waist-up shot of the man singing with eyes closed in a coral, brown and cream painted bodysuit, a door behind him20:03–0:05

    Pull back to the suit

    The camera backs off to the waist and shows the coral, brown and cream panels of his bodysuit while he sings with his eyes shut.

  3. Front close-up of the man singing with his mouth wide open, red-painted lips and lines across his face30:05–0:08

    Back in for the big line

    A push back in to a front close-up, mouth wide open, the red-painted lips filling the frame.

  4. A woman with a black bob appears at the left edge of the frame as the man keeps singing40:08–0:09

    She steps in

    A woman in a black bob and a green painted bodysuit slides in from the left edge, in profile, while he keeps going.

  5. Two-shot of the woman in a green painted bodysuit staring at the singing man in a coral one, cream tiles behind them50:09–0:12

    The stare

    Both in frame: he sings to the lens, she watches him with her mouth shut. Her silence is the joke.

  6. The woman in the black bob gives the camera a side-eye next to the face-painted man60:12–0:14

    Turn to camera

    She turns her head to the lens with a side-eye as he finishes, and the take ends on both faces.

How to make the Somebody That I Used To Know AI duet with two photos

Each photo takes one of the two people in the take. The slots follow the roles, not gender: put a woman's photo first and she gets the face paint and every sung line; put a man's photo second and he does the silent stare.

  1. Close-up of the man in the shaggy dark wig, faceted white face paint and coral painted bodysuit

    Photo 11st · Man

    Plays the man in the shaggy dark wig and coral bodysuit who fills the frame from the first second and sings the whole clip. The white base, dark lines and red lips are painted over this face.

    • Mouth relaxed and uncovered: his lips follow the song in every frame
    • Eyes and brows clear: they are what reads through the paint
  2. The woman with a straight black bob and bangs in a green painted bodysuit, looking toward the camera

    Photo 22nd · Woman

    Plays the woman in the black bob and green bodysuit who steps in from the left at 8s, stares at him and turns to the lens near the end. Unlike Kimbra in the song, she never sings a line, and her face is not painted.

    • Hair off the face: she is seen side-on until the last seconds
    • Any expression works: she has no lines to sing

Faces that hold up under paint

Works well

  • A smiling woman in a mustard sweater facing the camera, chest up, on whiteOne face, front-on, eyes and mouth visible
  • A grey-haired man in a navy sweater, chest up, in an unfiltered photo on whiteUnfiltered, true skin tone: your skin tone carries into the video

Avoid

  • Two men side by side in one photo at a cafeTwo people in one photo: the faces get mixed
  • A man in sunglasses and a low cap with a hand over his mouthSunglasses, a cap or a hand over the mouth
  • A selfie under a cartoon filter with cat ears, huge eyes and stickersBeauty or cartoon filters: the face paint is added for you

Casting the duet

  1. Add both photos

    Drop one photo into each tile, one person per photo.

  2. Click Generate

    Choose the resolution; the button shows the exact price before anything runs.

  3. Post it

    Download the MP4 and post it. The song is already on it.

The Somebody That I Used To Know costume, piece by piece

The Halloween costume swaps the music video's body paint for painted bodysuits, a little face paint and two wigs. The template keeps all of them, and the room they were filmed in, so you get the look without paint, sewing or a wig.

  • A green, mustard and brick-red painted bodysuit beside a coral, salmon and brown one, both full length
    Bodysuits

    Two hand-painted bodysuits

    Colours: His: coral, salmon, brown, cream. Hers: sage green, mustard, brick red.

    Neck to ankle with sleeves to the forearm, painted in big panels and triangles. They stay on for the whole take; no bare skin is painted.

  • The man's face painted white with dark lines splitting it into facets, a brown patch on one cheek and red-painted lips, under a shaggy dark wig
    Face paint

    Faceted paint on one face

    Paint: White base, thin dark lines, a brown cheek panel, red lips

    Only his face is painted; hers stays bare. The paint goes over the new face, not instead of it.

  • Left, the man's shaggy dark mop wig; right, the woman's straight black bob with blunt bangs
    Wigs

    A shaggy mop and a black bob

    Cut: Dark shaggy mop · straight bob with bangs

    Each wig keeps its cut; the hair colour follows the photo.

  • Cream tiles laid on the diagonal above the man's wig and the top of the woman's bob
    Backdrop

    A tiled room, not a painted wall

    Room: Cream diagonal tiles, a towel ring, a door

    Unlike the official video, nobody is painted into the wall. The room stays exactly as filmed.

When the painted duet looks off

The four things most likely to go wrong in this take, why they happen and what to change.

  • The painted face doesn't read as me

    Why
    Half of that face stays under the white base, the dark lines and the red lips, so skin and lip shape come from the costume.
    Fix
    Judge the eyes, brows, nose and jaw, which the paint leaves visible; a photo that passes the checklist gives them the most to work with.

  • The lips drift off the song

    Why
    The edit redraws his mouth and the painted lips in every frame; a grin, bared teeth or a hand near the mouth in the photo pulls against it.
    Fix
    Use a photo with the mouth closed and relaxed, so the song's mouth shapes come from the take.

  • She barely looks like her photo

    Why
    She spends most of her time in profile and turns to the lens only at the very end.
    Fix
    Pick a photo with the hair tucked back, so the jaw, nose and ear line read from the side too.

  • My own clothes or hat show up

    Why
    A hood, hat or loud print in the photo competes with the painted bodysuit and the wig.
    Fix
    Use a photo in a plain top with the head uncovered; the bodysuit and wig come from the template.

Somebody That I Used To Know AI prompt for the painted duet

Running the duet in another tool? The Kling prompt edits the template clip and swaps both people; the Seedance prompt re-shoots the take from two photos. Both keep the bodysuits and his face paint and rule out bare skin, which a body-paint look easily drifts into.

Kling 4.0 video edit

Prompt length 1474

Use @Video1 as the reference for the whole take. Replace only the two people: the man in the shaggy dark wig and the coral, salmon and brown hand-painted bodysuit, who is on screen from the first frame and sings the entire clip, with the person in @Image1; and the woman in the straight black bob with bangs and the green, mustard and brick-red hand-painted bodysuit, who steps in from the left edge at 0:08, with the person in @Image2.

Take each person's face, facial features, skin tone, age and hair colour from their photo, not their clothes. Keep both painted bodysuits and the cut of both wigs. Keep the man's face paint over the new face: the white base, the thin dark lines splitting it into facets and the red-painted lips. The woman's face stays unpainted.

Transfer his performance frame by frame: the sideways glance in the opening close-up, every mouth shape in time with the song, the wide-open line when the camera pushes back in. Transfer hers: entering in profile, staring at him with her mouth closed, then turning to the lens with a side-eye in the last seconds.

Keep the cream diagonal tiles, the towel ring, the door, the warm indoor light, the handheld pull-back and push-in, the single uncut take, the vertical frame, the pacing and the song of @Video1 unchanged.

Both bodysuits stay on in every frame: no bare skin, no paint on bare skin, no nudity. Keep each face stable through the close-ups. No face blending, no extra people, no text or logos.

Spell these out

  • Name each person by wig and suit colour

    Coral suit and shaggy wig versus green suit and black bob tells the model who is who, even while she is side-on.

  • Keep her mouth closed

    She never sings in this take; without that line the edit can hand her his mouth movements.

  • Ask for one uncut handheld take

    The clip has no cuts, only a pull-back and a push-in; saying so stops a re-shoot from inventing an edit.

What not to write

  • Don't write 'body paint'

    It pulls toward paint on bare skin. 'Hand-painted bodysuit' gets the costume.

  • Don't ask for the music video's wall

    The template is a tiled bathroom; asking for a colour-block wall makes the edit repaint the room.

  • Don't paste the lyrics

    Words in the prompt don't change the song and can end up as text on screen.

How a vague ask loses the costume

Too vague

Turn us into the Somebody That I Used To Know body paint video.

Says who and what stays

Use @Video1. Replace the man in the coral painted bodysuit with @Image1 and the woman in the green one with @Image2; keep both bodysuits, his face paint, the tiled room and the song. No bare skin.

The first line asks for the body-paint video, which invites bare skin, and never says which photo plays whom or that the song stays.

Specs: photos, length, sound and credits

Specs: photos, length, sound and credits
Photos
2, one person each
Photo files
PNG / JPG / WebP, up to 10 MB, at least 512 px on the short side
Length
14 seconds, the template's own length
Frame
Vertical 9:16, as in the template
Resolution
720p or 1080p; 720p by default
Sound
The song in the template, kept as it plays
Credits
541–811 per video; 541 for 14 seconds at 720p
Visibility
Private by default: videos from this page stay out of the public gallery
If a run fails
The credits go back to your balance automatically

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FAQ

The painted duet, explained

Is the Somebody That I Used To Know AI video free?+

No, each video costs credits. The price depends on the resolution you pick, and the Generate button shows the exact amount before anything runs. New accounts get 10 credits when they sign up.

How many photos do I need, and can I do it alone?+

You need two, with one person in each. They can be two different people or the same person twice, which makes a duet with yourself.

Can my cats or dogs sing it?+

No. This template takes photos of people only: it is a lip-synced duet between two costumed performers.

Is this an AI cover, or does it keep the real song?+

It keeps the song that is already in the template, as it plays there, and his lips move to it. Nobody's voice is cloned or changed, and you can't add your own lyrics, pick another part of the song or swap in a different track. A re-sung version in someone else's voice needs an AI cover tool.

Who sang Somebody That I Used To Know?+

Gotye, with Kimbra singing the second voice. It came out on July 5, 2011, on his album Making Mirrors, and its painted-wall music video is the look the Halloween costume copies.

Do I need body paint or a real costume?+

No. The painted bodysuits, his face paint and both wigs come from the template, so a plain everyday photo is enough.

Why does the face-painted singer look less like me?+

Because the costume paints over half of that face: the white base, dark lines and red lips stay. The eyes, nose and jaw carry the likeness, and a photo that passes the checklist above helps most.

Is this the CapCut Somebody That I Used To Know template?+

No. The CapCut template called People I know previews AI film-couple duets and runs in the CapCut app. This page puts two photos into the painted-bodysuit duet in your browser.

Do I need my own video or a reference clip?+

No. The template already holds the take, the room and the song; you only add two photos. It does not edit a video you upload.

Is this the official music video, or linked to Gotye?+

No. Oeneo AI is not affiliated with Gotye or Kimbra, and this is not the official video. It recreates the fan-made Halloween costume look.

How do I post my Somebody That I Used To Know duet?+

Post the MP4 as it is. On TikTok, the Halloween duets this one copies were tagged #somebodythatiusedtoknow and #costume.

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