Kae Tempest | |
|---|---|
 Tempest at Haldern Pop Festival in 2017 | |
| Born | 1985 (age 38–39)[1] Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, playwright, rapper, recording artist |
| Notable work | Hopelessly Devoted, Wasted, Brand New Ancients, Everybody Down, Hold Your Own, The Bricks That Built The Houses, Let Them Eat Chaos |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Spoken word, hip-hop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Labels | American Recordings, Fiction, Big Dada, Ninja Tune, Lex |
| Website | www |
Kae Tempest[2][3] (formerly Kate Tempest)[4][5] is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright.
At the age of 16, Tempest was accepted into the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. In 2013, they won the Ted Hughes Award for their work Brand New Ancients.[6] They were named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society,[7] a once-a-decade accolade. Tempest's albums Everybody Down[6] and Let Them Eat Chaos have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.[8] The latter's accompanying poetry book (also titled Let Them Eat Chaos) was nominated for the Costa Book of the Year in the Poetry Category.[9][10] Their debut novel The Bricks That Built the Houses was a Sunday Times best-seller and won the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Breakthrough Author. They were nominated as Best Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards.[11] Tempest came out as non-binary in 2020, using pronouns they/them.[12]
- ^ Tempest, Kae (2020). On Connection. London: Faber & Faber. Bio inside back cover.
They were born in London in 1985 where they still live.
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- ^ a b "'Mercury nominees 2014: Kate Tempest". Guardian Music Blog. London. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Flood, Alison (11 September 2014). "'Next Generation' of 20 hotly-tipped poets announced by Poetry Book Society". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Kate Tempest – 'Let Them Eat Chaos'". mercuryprize.com. Mercury Prize. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Costa shortlists" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Cain, Sian (22 November 2016). "Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "British Female Solo Artist Nominees Announced". Brit Awards. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (6 August 2020). "Kate Tempest announces they are non-binary, changes name to Kae". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2021.