A lifelong Londoner, Kae Tempest was born in 1985 and raised in Lewisham. They are a musician, lyricist, performer, poet, playwright, and author. Their career began as a 16-year-old MC busking at bus stops, open mic nights, battles, raves, squat parties, and scrappy festivals. After a stint in the band Sound of Rum, Kae self-published the poetry collection Everything Speaks In Its Own Way in 2012. That same year, their debut play Wasted opened in London and toured the UK. Meanwhile, their long poem Brand New Ancients, won the Ted Hughes prize and transferred to New York in 2013.

Their first solo recording, the Mercury-Prize-nominated Everybody Down, came in 2014 as well as the release of Hold Your Own, which named them a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society; a once in a decade accolade. They’ve since recorded four more albums: 2016’s Mercury & BRIT nominated, Let Them Eat Chaos, followed by The Book Of Traps and Lessons and The Line Is A Curve both of which were executive produced by Rick Rubin (Jay Z, Adele, Lana Del Ray, Johnny Cash). Kae’s debut novel, The Bricks That Built The Houses (2016) made the Sunday Times Bestseller list. Their first non-fiction book, On Connection, was released to critical acclaim in 2020. To date, they are the only artist who has opened a play at the National Theatre one summer and played Glastonbury festival the next.

Reflecting on their latest offering, a decade after their first album they explain, “This album has its own life force, it knows where it wants to go. I’ve just got to follow it for a bit and see what happens.”

VENUE: AUDITORIUM, EXETER PHOENIX

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