Wouter De Backer (born 21 May 1980 in Bruges, Belgium), also known as Walter (or Wally) De Backer, was raised in Australia, and is more commonly known by his stage name Gotye.

He is an ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter. Gotye has released two studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics.