Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest is one of the UK’s most vital and uncompromising artists, renowned for blending poetry, rap, storytelling, and performance into deeply human, emotionally charged work. A lifelong Londoner raised in Lewisham, Kae’s journey began as a teenage MC on bus stops, open mics, raves, and squat parties. Equally at home on festival main stages and in theatres, they are a Mercury and BRIT Award nominee, award-winning poet, playwright, and author. Kae’s work explores identity, love, resistance, and connection with rare honesty, forging powerful moments of collective reflection that resonate far beyond music.