On 1 November, she had been nominated at the Vodafone 2012 New Zealand Music Awards and won for the International Achievement, Best Female Solo Artist, Best Pop Album, Breakthrough Artist of the Year awards, and also won as a featured artist for the song "Somebody That I Used to Know", for Most Played Australian Work and Song of the Year, at the APRA Music Awards of 2012. On 25 September, her song With My Hands was featured in Tim Burton's movie, Frankenweenie. On 15 July 2012, she performed in Santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. On 14 April, she performed "Somebody That I Used to Know" with Gotye on Saturday Night Live. Kimbra has collaborated with Mark Foster (of Foster the People) and DJ A-Trak on the track "Warrior", which was released on 2 April.
Also in January, Kimbra won the "One to Watch" award at the 2012 Rolling Stone Awards. The track also appears in the video game, The Sims 3: Pets, which Kimbra recorded in Simlish for the soundtrack. On 19 January 2012, "Good Intent" was played on an episode of ABC's drama Grey's Anatomy. Kimbra - 2012–2013: Grammy Awards and collaborations Tétaz had recommended Kimbra to Gotye after a 'high-profile' Australian female vocalist had withdrawn from the collaboration. On 5 July Kimbra sang in Gotye's single, "Somebody That I Used to Know", which was mixed by Tétaz. Records New Zealand for distribution in New Zealand and Australia, as well as a worldwide deal for other territories with Warner Bros. On 15 July 2011, "Cameo Lover" won the songwriting competition, ahead of third placed song, "Somebody That I Used to Know", written by Australian musician Gotye.
On 13 March, Kimbra went to perform for Moomba Festival and ChillOut Festival in Sydney at Oxford Arts Factory to welcome the release of her next single, "Cameo Lover". In March she issued "Cameo Lover" as her next single, its music video was released in April and was directed by Franklin. Early in 2011, Kimbra's song "Cameo Lover" was a finalist for the 2011 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition and eventually won the competition. Kimbra also stars in its music video, which features wide-angle and kaleidoscope shots of her in face paint and dresses walking through golden fields. Perez Hilton featured the track on his website citing "f you like Nina Simone, Florence & the Machine and/or Bjork, then we think you will enjoy Kimbra – her music reminds us of all those fierce ladies!" On 10 December, the Australian 'indietronica' group Miami Horror released their single, "I Look to You" featuring Kimbra's vocals. The music video was directed by Guy Franklin. She had started writing the track four years earlier – it was finished with François Tétaz. In June 2010, Kimbra's first single on Forum 5, "Settle Down", was released.