FUSE TV - Gotye Clarifies "Glee"-Bashing Comments

Update: At a private performance in Los Angeles, Gotye clarified his comments, saying the only "dinky" part was the xylophone hook in the song. "I thought it was really clever to transpose the song to two guys. It was a great idea." And apparently he meant "ultra-dry" as a compliment too?

Gotye has thrown his Belgian-Australian hat into the Glee-bashing ring with some harsh words on the Fox TV show's cover of his No. 1 hit "Somebody That I Used To Know" featuring Kimbra. He's so displeased, in fact, that he's slammed the cover version in two separates publications, according to Spinner.

"They did such a faithful arrangement of the instrumentals but the vocals were that pop Glee style," Gotye said. "[The vocals were] ultra dry, sounded pretty tuned and the rock has no real sense, like it's playing to you from a cardboard box." 

Ouch! He just called that s--t corrugated! Fighting words. He told another outlet that the whole thing sounded "dinky and wrong" to him. So in case you're still confused, he does NOT like Glee's cover.

Glee's take on the leftfield indie hit was sung by Darren Criss—one of the show's breakout vocalists—and guest star Matt Bomer from USA Network's White Collar, who played Criss' estranged older brother. You can watch the clip of their performance below and see for yourself if it does, in fact, sound like recycled cardboard.

Glee - "Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye cover)"