Kae Tempest is a pseudonym of Kae Esther Calvert who grew up and remains in… Read Full Bio ↴Kae Tempest is a pseudonym of Kae Esther Calvert who grew up and remains in South-East London, UK. Tempest started out as a rapper, toured the spoken word circuit for a number of years, and now works as a poet and playwright too. Their work includes 'Balance', their first album with their band Sound of Rum, 'Everything Speaks in its Own Way', their first collection of poems, published on their own imprint Zingaro, which comes with a CD and DVD of live performance; 'GlassHouse', a forum theatre play for Cardboard Citizens; and the plays 'Wasted' (published by Methuen Drama) and 'Hopelessly Devoted' for new writing theatre company Paines Plough.

Kae's epic poem Brand New Ancients won both the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry and a Herald Angel Award. It is published by Picador and toured nationwide until April 2014. After a sell out show at St Anne's Warehouse, Brooklyn, Brand New Ancients received a rave review in the New York Times and came to international attention.

Kae continues to work with music, and featured on the track Our Town, a collaboration with producer duo letthemusicplay (Greco-Roman) They also featured on the track Hot Night Cold Spaceship (Speedy Wunderground) and has collaborated with Sinéad O'Connor, Damien Dempsey and Bastille.

In 2014, Tempest released their debut album Everybody Down (Big Dada, Ninja Tune), which was produced by the acclaimed Dan Carey and was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize.

Kae has performed at Glastonbury and all major UK festivals, as well as performing internationally. They sold out the Old Vic Theatre in London for the launch of Everything Speaks… and has appeared on BBC TV and radio many times performing her poems. Kae has been commissioned to write for The Royal Shakespeare Company, Amnesty International, Barnado’s and Channel 4 Television.

Their second poetry collection was published by Picador in Autumn 2014.

In April 2016, Kae's debut novel The Bricks That Built The Houses was published by Bloomsbury and was a Sunday Times Bestseller. It won the Books Are My Bag Best Breakthrough Author Award.

In September 2016, it was announced that Tempest would curate the 2017 Brighton Festival. They released the album Let Them Eat Chaos on 7 October 2016. It debuted at no. 28 on the UK Albums Chart, and was also released in book format (Picador). The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2017. They were nominated for Best British Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards.

In 2019 Tempest released their 4th studio album, The Book of Traps and Lessons, and went on to tour it around the world, reaching Australia in January 2020.

Tempest's song "People's Faces" was used for the Facebook commercial "We're Never Lost If We Can Find Each Other", created by the agency Droga5, and released on 9 April 2020.

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Kae Tempest On the second floor of the new block In the flat…

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'Lonely Daze' Pete is young man Heart full of rain Eyes full of evenings…
A Hammer Dale was Pete's Mum's new boyfriend's son He had a mouth…
Babbling Brook Intro Finjo ser invisível Pra não ter que te encarar Afogo na pisc…
Bad Place For A Good Time Cold white sky like milk this morning Sirens flash like Chri…
Brews Above Pete′s head, as he fumbles with his key The clouds…
Brown Eyed Man Don't move a muscle, stay exactly where you are They took…

Chicken Harry’s staring at his chicken He’s trying hard to listen w…
Circles I'm in a mess, I can't help it I just go…
Don't Fall In We came from the four corners, we are the raw…
Europe Is Lost Europe is lost, America? Lost, London? Lost Still we are cla…
Firesmoke My visionary is a vision I watch her dancing by the…
Grubby Up the stairwell Chip-fat grey And London green with damp Ou…
Happy End ‘Everybody Down! He’ll be here in a second, I reckon’ And …
Hot Night Cold Spaceship Where's love? I stared into the depths of the woodland …
I Trap You Love is a self-made thing I am free I stare at the…
Keep Moving Don't Move Close the curtains Light the incense Inhale the thick clouds…
Ketamine For Breakfast Now look here, in the house opposite Black gate posts with…
Lessons I see the truth Even here In the lies of the city It…
LIONMOUTH DOOR KNOCKER At any given moment In the middle of a city There′s a…
Lonely Daze Pete is young man Heart full of rain Eyes full of evenings…
Marshall Law Everywhere is monsters Tits out, wet-mouthed, heads back Sho…
People's Faces It′s coming to pass My country's coming apart The whole thin…
Perfect coffee Now just two doors down In the first floor flat And the…
Picture A Vacuum Picture a vacuum An endless and unmoving blackness Peace, or…
Stink ‘It feels like we could make something happen That ain’t ev…
The Beigeness Who's bad? Said the the kiddy in the Jacko hat To…
The Heist It’s midnight in the metropolis Winter is coming Harry’s i…
The Truth It's all relative, right? One thought, many thinkers One fla…
Theme From Becky She was a smart kid Smart girl, soft eyes Took in a…
Thirsty I came to under a red moon Thirsty for water My eyes…
Three Sided Coin Retell the old tales Retail's complete hell we need some Det…
To The Victor The Spoils In Giuseppe’s The tablecloths shine with wear The chairs a…
We die Across the street Above the green and the flat with the…

Whoops Well, who′s this? Staggerin' home, jabberin′ Lookin' like so…

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