New Zealand singer Kimbra, best known for appearing on Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know, has been announced as the face of Australian campaign Asthma: Take Control, launched by the National Asthma Council and Asthma Australia.

The campaign hopes to increase asthma education and awareness and emphasise the importance of taking medication. Kimbra, who's suffered from asthma since childhood, releases her second album The Golden Echo in August.