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.
Sites: YouTube, [url=https://kaetempest.shopfirebrand.com/[/url] and Twitter
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.
Sites: YouTube, [url=https://kaetempest.shopfirebrand.com/[/url] and Twitter
Tunnel vision
Kate Tempest Lyrics
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Cameron J Yeah. Oooo you give me life, give me life Ooo you give…
CASHMA I don't know what to say I don't wanna leave I have…
Classic Jack No point No goal No winner If we all made this hell then…
Conveyer I never thought I’d find myself in this nightmare Lead astra…
Crack Cloud Please listen Please understand you're missing One half of t…
D-Rell Refused to be average When it's all said and done, cremate…
D.A.C Holyfield vs. Tyson, your flow is weird so you bite…
D.D. Jackson Refused to be average When it's all said and done, cremate…
Da L.E.S. I aint fighting for the middle Climbing to the top you…
Davion Farris I′m obsessed with making you happy You're such a blessing, I…
Deveondi I got tunnel vision It's all that I see It's you me…
Dirty South All I see is you I know the truth, I got…
Dirty South Ft. SomeKindaWonderful INSTRUMENTAL All I see is you, I know the truth, I got…
Dr.Zilog How did I get here Standing on a rock lost in…
Drudge Another ocean view Another fabricated room Perception Bleedi…
Dylan Emmet Didn't want to be the one To tell me you…
Egg I just wanna be in love with you Woke up today…
EggShells And I waded slowly In the drifts of leaves Biding time in…
F-O Look for the Record this record is for the hecklers…
Feenom Circle [Raw J] It don't touch me right I can't sleep at night Li…
Finn Morrison Time hit the back of my head and I cannot…
Fox Lake Gave so much to this whole thing (Run it) Take what…
French Montana Feat. Chinx Drugz & Cheeze Just like what I said Baby my baby baby my baby…
Fusebox poet Another day, another road We sacrifice, set our sights for a…
Grumpster When I opened my eyes this morning There′s only one thing…
Gustavo Guaapo Tunnel Vision,Tunnel Vision Tunnel Vision You told me you g…
Half Past Forever Every time I slip away, I dream a little dream of…
Hazing Over Narrowed in to collision Perception wearing thin fulfill th…
Hearts and Rockets I will follow you into the dark I have seen the…
House Fight It's always gotta be something like it's all too much I'm…
I.Q. Don't want to lead a revolution Let another go ahead don't h…
Indecision Self preservation - the end of ambition Life is so long…
IQ Don't want to lead a revolution Let another go ahead Don't…
j-level Discernment the key to success I posses talents allowing me …
Jerro & Kauf This time, I′ve gone too far No chance that you're looking…
Jesus Piece Tearing away My old skin Shed my old blood Embrace what I've…
John Petrucci [Instrumental]…
Justin Timberlake I know you like it Don't know why, but girl, I'm…
JyellowL I stay drunk way too long I should really stop…
K-Rich Tunnel vision, I’m locked in I got that tunnel vision…
K.O.F I see my visions so vividly I see my visions so…
Kae Tempest Indigenous apocalypse, decimated forest, the Winter of our d…
Karl Michael You and me we had tunnel vision I said 'hey'…
KARN Collision on sight and she throw that shit back Decision all…
Kodak Black Glee (Southside) (Ayy, lil' Metro on that beat) Lil' Kodak,…
Kyah Baby My ancestors ain't die for me not to fight for…
Lenny Kravitz Tunnel Vision All I want Is all you got Make me happy baby …
Limi All of this time, you're Still changing your mind All of the…
LIVING ROOM - Pop Smoke Haha, mami like Mami like, "Damn boy, you made it" (man,…
Lou'D Yo what's up know partner?! Quand tu fais la bringue Jsuis…
Luca Sorrentino I wonder if this TV could see me then what…
Lurk Open my mouth and pull out what you find You won't…
M-Tek NO SLEEP MUSIC [HOOK : Rosalvo] I done stay down and kept…
marble club my friends are slowly killing me i think that's what you…
Melanie Martinez Follow the tunnel into the portal Lay all your burdens to…
Meridian Can we walk for a minute Let me melt in it Let…
Mildrage Things have another side, it′s already in my hand Things hav…
Molly's Worst Enemy I'll sleep it off, if only I have time to…
MONKEY MAJIK I want you to know I′m good to go 美しい人 口紅の色のTargaに乗り込み I got…
Monophonics When you try and push your mind I will be the…
Nevea Tears God forgive me again, there is nothing I can do. I…
New Media Looking out at the world outside My window fall asleep Watch…
No Such Animal Time hit the back of my head and I cannot…
Percy IV Lost you while I lost my soul I’m empty and it…
Pieces Of The Past Fucked in the head At the bottom of every bottle again Numbi…
Pop Smoke Haha, mami like Mami like, "Damn boy, you made it" (man,…
Post Prom I spend less time critiquing myself in the mirror And more…
Project Pat We got millions on the table now We not stressing a…
Qwan Lennon The young niggas putting on in my city Trying to run…
Reuben James Hey, you're the only one around, tunnel vision Makes my hear…
Rob Moir Tunnel Vision It's not over, it's not over until they tell…
Russ I, I think you're captivating I, I, I think you're captivati…
sal the virgo Alpha like alif in arabic alphabets A beta like son…
Skyzoo Torae OK we’ll be to rap and we’ll be luck Well puff…
Slimka Tunnel Vision Tunnel vision Lumière dans le noir…
SomeKindaWonderful All I see is you I know the truth, I got…
SRSLY You are my blind spot Unlike I have ever seen Ever seen the…
Structures Day one: picked apart myself. Lost in translation, I've stu…
Terry Devine-King Tunnel vision Tunnel vision I see the light at the end New b…
The Artificials Without your hand upon my wildest dreams No bloom will ever…
The Cavves Hollow words dive off your tongue Spit them out while we're…
The Roots [Scatting:] Mm-bop mm-bop mm-bop mm-bop mm-bop mm-bop mm-bo…
The Swellers Apparently we are all just hypocrites. But face it, you're t…
Thomas Parr Hace rato no encuentro la frase adecuada Y guardo las palabr…
Tokyo Police Club Going to the sweet store tell me what you want I’ll…
TQ - 1 I done messed around and pushed the little red button Now…
Turquoise Sun There is a moment I'm hoping to see, Hoping to see,…
Upchurch I went to sleep broke as fuck Dreaming of a…
Vlad Holiday You see that look in her eyes You drink to put…
We Shot the Moon Tunnel vision came to me Like erosion changes memory's They …
X.O.X. Samuel got the tunnel vision Samuel got the tunnel vision Th…
XV [Verse 1: XV] I did it, you dreamed it, now live…
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Sandra Ring
No, you are all NOT forgotten. The father is waitung for you
to come and be good children!
And although the State Church of England is going to die
(if the church is bad- the state is bad)
there are a few good movements I recommend one to get in
'Alpha Courses' they come from the Holy Trinity Brompton Church.
Raise your heads and big up, it can get worse
but in the end the faithful will be saved.
Repent towards God
Believe in Jesus
Get baptised
in the name of the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit
And read your bible!
Big Up!
Greetings from Germany!
Sherlock Holmes lives.
@Gloria Delicioso
What I Learned At School
"What did you learn in school today
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn to school today
dear little boy of mine?"
"I learned that Washington never told a lie,
I learned that soldiers seldom die,
I learned that everybody's free,
That's watch the teacher said to me.
And that's what I learned in school today,
That's what I learned in school."
"What did you learn in school today
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn at school today
dear little boy of mine?"
"I learnt that policeman are my friends,
I learnt that justice never ends,
I learned that murderer's die for the crime,
Even if we make a mistake sometimes.
And that's what I learned in school today,
That's what I learned in school."
"What did you learn in school today
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn in school today
dear little of mine?"
"I learned that war is not so bad,
I learned of the great one's we had head,
We fought in Germany and in France,
And someday I might get my chance.
And that's what I learned in school today,
That's what I learned in school."
"What did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?"
"I learned our government must be strong,
It's always right and never wrong,
Our leaders are the wisest men,
And we elect them again and again.
And that's what I learned in school today,
that's what I learned in school."
Tom Paxton ( b.1937 )
givemeabreakatlast
Verse 1]
Indigenous apocalypse, decimated forest, the Winter of our discontent’s upon us
Desolate apostles, left with Strongbow at the crossroads
We are nothing but an eating mouth, oesophagus, colossal
We won’t stop until we’ve beaten down the planet into pellets
Before the interstellar mission to inflict more terror
It’s killing me, it’s killing me, it’s filling me, I’m vomiting, it’s still in me
Everything is fine really, silly me
Poor kids shot dead, poor kids locked up
Poor kids saying, “This is the future that you left us?”
Stopped up lunch meat, processed, punch from an unclean fatcat
Tasty, tasty poison
Carcinogenic, diabetic, asthmatic, epileptic, post-traumatic, bipolar and disaffected
Atomised, thinking we’re engaged when we’re pacified
Staring at the screen so we don’t have to see the planet die
[Hook]
What we gonna do to wake up?
We sleep so deep, it don’t matter how they shake us
If we can’t face it, we can’t escape it
But tonight the storm’s come
[Verse 2]
She’s screaming, she’s screaming
The drones turned her beautiful boy into a pile of bones
No body to bury, nobody is home
Running from war, the boat’s full, the boat’s sinking a mile off shore
No beds in the hospitals, our minds are against us
Imagine your daughter was gunned down defenceless on her way to school
There’d be uproar
But she’s collateral damage, it doesn’t matter
Now if our kids are fine, that’s enough for us
You can’t love into a vacuum, there’s got to be a limit
Welcome to the biggest crime that’s ever been committed
You think you and I are different kinds, you’re caught up in specifics
You and I apart are easier to limit
The illusion’s so complete it’s impossible to bring it into focus
Cinematic stock footage, you think people are locusts
Uniform men keep unleashing explosives
[Hook]
What we gonna do to wake up?
We sleep so deep, it don’t matter how they shake us
If we can’t face it, we can’t escape it
But tonight the storm’s come
[Verse 3]
Tunnel vision, tunnel vision
Work, drinks, heartbreak
You can’t face the past, the past’s a dark place
Can’t sleep, can’t wake, sitting in our boxes
Notching up our victories as other people’s losses
Another day, another chance to turn your face away from pain
Let’s get a takeaway
And meet me in the pub a little later, we’ll say the same things as ever
Life’s a waiting game
When we gonna see that life is happening?
And that every single body bleeding on its knees is an abomination
And every natural being is making communication
And we’re just sparks, tiny parts of a bigger constellation
We’re miniscule molecules that make up one body
You see the tragedy and pain of a person that you’ve never met
Is present in your nightmares, in your pull towards despair
And the sickness of the culture, and the sickness in our hearts
Is a sickness that’s inflicted by this distance that we share
Now, it was our bombs that started this war
And now it rages far away
So we dismiss all its victims as strangers
But they’re parents and children made dogs by the danger
Existence is futile, so we don’t engage
But it was our boats that sailed, killed, stole, and made frail
It was our boots that stamped
It was our courts that jailed
And it was our fuckin’ banks that got bailed
It was us who turned bleakly away
Looked back down at our nails and our wedding plans
In the face of a full-force gale, we said
“Well, it’s not up to us to make this place a better land
It’s not up to us to make this place a better land.”
Justice, justice, recompense, humility
Trust is, trust is something we will never see
Till love is unconditional
The myth of the individual has left us disconnected, lost, and pitiful
I’m out in the rain
It’s a cold night in London
And I’m screaming at my loved ones to wake up and love more
I’m pleading with my loved ones to wake up and love more
BasilDogbreath
Kate Tempest is rapidly becoming the voice of the forgotten generation in the UK. The honesty and integrity that she puts into her writing and her performance is like a shining beacon of light in the darkness. Well keep shining, you beautiful human being you.
Sandra Ring
No, you are all NOT forgotten. The father is waitung for you
to come and be good children!
And although the State Church of England is going to die
(if the church is bad- the state is bad)
there are a few good movements I recommend one to get in
'Alpha Courses' they come from the Holy Trinity Brompton Church.
Raise your heads and big up, it can get worse
but in the end the faithful will be saved.
Repent towards God
Believe in Jesus
Get baptised
in the name of the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit
And read your bible!
Big Up!
Greetings from Germany!
NPC #6,669
Imagine being programmed to only think of Indigenous peoples as brown skinned, while politicians and globalists are systematically replacing the British and European people with mass migration of the 3rd world into their ancestral homelands. Your globalist massa needs more tax slaves on your plantation - "what you going to do to wake up?"
Sherlock Holmes lives.
@Gloria Delicioso
What I Learned At School
"What did you learn in school today
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn to school today
dear little boy of mine?"
"I learned that Washington never told a lie,
I learned that soldiers seldom die,
I learned that everybody's free,
That's watch the teacher said to me.
And that's what I learned in school today,
That's what I learned in school."
"What did you learn in school today
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn at school today
dear little boy of mine?"
"I learnt that policeman are my friends,
I learnt that justice never ends,
I learned that murderer's die for the crime,
Even if we make a mistake sometimes.
And that's what I learned in school today,
That's what I learned in school."
"What did you learn in school today
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn in school today
dear little of mine?"
"I learned that war is not so bad,
I learned of the great one's we had head,
We fought in Germany and in France,
And someday I might get my chance.
And that's what I learned in school today,
That's what I learned in school."
"What did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?
Oh, what did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?"
"I learned our government must be strong,
It's always right and never wrong,
Our leaders are the wisest men,
And we elect them again and again.
And that's what I learned in school today,
that's what I learned in school."
Tom Paxton ( b.1937 )
Sherlock Holmes lives.
@Gloria Delicioso
Why doesn't she mention schizophrenic in her list of illnesses.
Left untreated that is perhaps the worst of all those illnesses.
givemeabreakatlast
Verse 1]
Indigenous apocalypse, decimated forest, the Winter of our discontent’s upon us
Desolate apostles, left with Strongbow at the crossroads
We are nothing but an eating mouth, oesophagus, colossal
We won’t stop until we’ve beaten down the planet into pellets
Before the interstellar mission to inflict more terror
It’s killing me, it’s killing me, it’s filling me, I’m vomiting, it’s still in me
Everything is fine really, silly me
Poor kids shot dead, poor kids locked up
Poor kids saying, “This is the future that you left us?”
Stopped up lunch meat, processed, punch from an unclean fatcat
Tasty, tasty poison
Carcinogenic, diabetic, asthmatic, epileptic, post-traumatic, bipolar and disaffected
Atomised, thinking we’re engaged when we’re pacified
Staring at the screen so we don’t have to see the planet die
[Hook]
What we gonna do to wake up?
We sleep so deep, it don’t matter how they shake us
If we can’t face it, we can’t escape it
But tonight the storm’s come
[Verse 2]
She’s screaming, she’s screaming
The drones turned her beautiful boy into a pile of bones
No body to bury, nobody is home
Running from war, the boat’s full, the boat’s sinking a mile off shore
No beds in the hospitals, our minds are against us
Imagine your daughter was gunned down defenceless on her way to school
There’d be uproar
But she’s collateral damage, it doesn’t matter
Now if our kids are fine, that’s enough for us
You can’t love into a vacuum, there’s got to be a limit
Welcome to the biggest crime that’s ever been committed
You think you and I are different kinds, you’re caught up in specifics
You and I apart are easier to limit
The illusion’s so complete it’s impossible to bring it into focus
Cinematic stock footage, you think people are locusts
Uniform men keep unleashing explosives
[Hook]
What we gonna do to wake up?
We sleep so deep, it don’t matter how they shake us
If we can’t face it, we can’t escape it
But tonight the storm’s come
[Verse 3]
Tunnel vision, tunnel vision
Work, drinks, heartbreak
You can’t face the past, the past’s a dark place
Can’t sleep, can’t wake, sitting in our boxes
Notching up our victories as other people’s losses
Another day, another chance to turn your face away from pain
Let’s get a takeaway
And meet me in the pub a little later, we’ll say the same things as ever
Life’s a waiting game
When we gonna see that life is happening?
And that every single body bleeding on its knees is an abomination
And every natural being is making communication
And we’re just sparks, tiny parts of a bigger constellation
We’re miniscule molecules that make up one body
You see the tragedy and pain of a person that you’ve never met
Is present in your nightmares, in your pull towards despair
And the sickness of the culture, and the sickness in our hearts
Is a sickness that’s inflicted by this distance that we share
Now, it was our bombs that started this war
And now it rages far away
So we dismiss all its victims as strangers
But they’re parents and children made dogs by the danger
Existence is futile, so we don’t engage
But it was our boats that sailed, killed, stole, and made frail
It was our boots that stamped
It was our courts that jailed
And it was our fuckin’ banks that got bailed
It was us who turned bleakly away
Looked back down at our nails and our wedding plans
In the face of a full-force gale, we said
“Well, it’s not up to us to make this place a better land
It’s not up to us to make this place a better land.”
Justice, justice, recompense, humility
Trust is, trust is something we will never see
Till love is unconditional
The myth of the individual has left us disconnected, lost, and pitiful
I’m out in the rain
It’s a cold night in London
And I’m screaming at my loved ones to wake up and love more
I’m pleading with my loved ones to wake up and love more
Inverted_Reality
Thanks
Gretchen Nichols
Well done.
Nabil
absolutely amazing. i wish i could listen to her more, but all too often i'm moved to tears
Jody Flanagan
She is so amazing!!!!
I wish we could get her big here in america!!!! We need her!!!!