Kate Tempest ( born Kate Esther Calvert , 22 December 1985 ) is an English spoken word performer , poet , recording artist , novelist and playwright . In 2013 , she won the Ted Hughes Award for her work '' Brand New Ancients '' . She was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society , a once-a-decade accolade . Her albums '' Everybody Down '' and '' Let Them Eat Chaos '' have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize . 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 . Her debut novel '' The Bricks That Built the Houses '' was a '' Sunday Times '' bestseller and won the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Breakthrough Author . She was nominated as Best Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards
2018 Brit Awards
2018 Brit Awards
Kate Tempest