Wouter Andre "
Wally"
De Backer (born 21 May 1980), better known as
Gotye (pronounced ), is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. The name "Gotye" is a
pronunciation respelling of "Gauthier", the French
cognate of Gotye's given Dutch name "Wouter" (English "Walter", hence the nickname "Wally").