She had one of the biggest pop hits in music history alongside Gotye with their 2011 duet Somebody That I Used to Know.
But Kiwi singer Kimbra is completely unrecognisable these days following an edgy makeover.
The New Zealand-born songstress, now 32, recently returned to the music scene with the X-rated music video for her new single, Replay.
Before and after: Kiwi singer Kimbra is unrecognisable these days (right) compared to when she shot to fame in 2011 (left)
The clip for the electropop track sees the star thrashing around in lace stockings and a G-string bodysuit that leaves little to the imagination.
At one point, she spreads her legs wide for the camera to display a closeup of her crotch.
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ShareShe licks her lips and tears off her clothes in a rage, and at one point comes dangerously close to exposing her bare breasts.
The singer's powerful voice is also distorted with various vocal effects to match the aggressive production.
The New Zealand-born songstress recently returned to the music scene with the X-rated music video for her new single, Replay. Pictured above
Longtime fans have been floored by Kimbra's new style, with hundreds flocking to YouTube and social media to sound-off on her transformation.
'So much admiration for Kimbra continually pushing herself artistically like she has been,' gushed one. 'She’s absolutely such a fun musician to follow because of how bonkers talented she is.'
'This feels like such a true expression of her sexuality- she’s not just doing what society unanimously agrees is sexy,' added another.
In a lengthy post on Instagram earlier this month, Kimbra explained that the song and video was about expressing female 'rage'.
The clip for the electropop track sees the star thrashing around in lace stockings and a G-string bodysuit that leaves little to the imagination
At one point, she spreads her legs wide for the camera to display a closeup of her crotch
'This song and it’s accompanying music video is all about the compulsions of the mind, and how, despite all that noise, we CAN find power and agency again,' she explained.
The Kiwi hitmaker is now an independent artist after parting ways with her record label because they couldn't agree on the direction she was going in.
'It was a really scary time in my life because they wanted to extend my album deal from six albums to a f***ing eight-album deal and choose the producers and I just couldn’t let them do that,' she recently told the Daily Telegraph.
Kimbra shot to worldwide fame in 2011 thanks to her collaboration with Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know. Pictured with Gotye in 2013
'We were moving in different directions and it was clear we couldn’t keep working together.'
Her upcoming album, titled A Reckoning, will address some of her issues with record executives.
'Gun is definitely targeted towards men in the music industry that have used words in a contract to "free" me, and then they’ve become a gun to my head and trapped me. I’m not really scared anymore and someone needs to say this stuff, right?' she said.
Kimbra poses in a racy cut-out swimsuit on Instagram following her racy makeover
Kimbra shot to worldwide fame in 2011 thanks to her collaboration with Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know.
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and eventually went fourteen times platinum.
Kimbra also found commercial success outside of Gotye with her hit single Cameo Lover and debut album Vows, which both took home ARIA Awards.
The songstress picked up multiple ARIA Awards for her hit single Cameo Lover. Pictured in 2011
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