On a New Album Born Out of Isolation, Kimbra Is Reckoning With Herself

In 2011, Kimbra landed the feature placement of a lifetime: Gotye was looking for the right female partner to appear alongside him on a forthcoming single. After being connected with the singer-songwriter by her producer, she met up with Gotye at her home in Melbourne to record just a few takes of a floaty, mid-tempo, ballad. "Somebody That I Used to Know" debuted that July on Gotye's Making Mirrors LP, and would go on to secure the duo Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Perfo...