There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.

Other awards. In an interview with American Songwriter Kimbra listed Daniel Johns Prince Rufus Wainwright Guided by Voices Mike Patton Michael Jackson Minnie Riperton and Stevie Wonder as her influences.  5 in Australia and No.

On 10 February 2013 Kimbra and Gotye won the Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show for "Somebody That I Used to Know". This achievement made her only the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award in history. Kimbra is featured in the 2012 multi-platinum single "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye.