Kate Tempest - Icarus

[@iaminfactbread8641]

Pov: you’re meant to be watching this for school, but you’re going through the comments instead

[@j3nnwassss]

lmao same, im in class too

[@iaminfactbread8641]

SAPOG lmao hi jimm

[@j3nnwassss]

@@iaminfactbread8641 hello SpongeBob

[@Ribsllor]

please,,shut the fuck up,,,

[@iaminfactbread8641]

oc .exe_ lmaooo

[@robbestfire]

"Gifts are dangerous when they are given and not earned", that is just so true!

[@richardgraham6511]

I love this. Once in a while I have a chat with my ego and borrow the brilliance of these words and her delivery for perspective; silly man-cub.

[@micheleundisclosed8330]

Absolute Genius. Thank you, Kate, for the amazing lyrics, emotion, and raw flow that you give to the world. Every poem is better than the next and I have never once heard one thing I didn't love from Kate Tempest. Absolute Brilliance.

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

+michele undisclosed I like McGonagall The Duke and Duchess of Dalhousie are dead and buried at last, Which causes many people's hearts to feel a little downcast. I failed to read an abridged children's version of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Brainy stuff just doesn't do it for me, Michele! Happy New Year! Keep Truckin' Cheers - Mike

[@HunterMann]

Really superb word crafting and performance. Such written genius paired with passionate spoken word is rare indeed. Kate really has earned the title of poet, and quite clearly has the gift of being a raconteur as well. Cheers! HM, in USA & Mexico

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

I can't believe she knows all this from memory. I know a handful of about 5 or 6 short poems from memory, such as sonnets and things, but I could never remember this!

[@AntonymesMusic]

Possibly the most important performer of her generation.

[@ayupwhatsthis8339]

Antonymes Music you've got to be kidding, right?

[@IAmAnEnigma4]

"gifts are dangerous, when they are given, and not earned. and a lesson merely heard, well that's never a lesson learned." Such deep words. I love this.

[@wcwiseman]

What a wonderful young poet! She takes my breath away...

[@dailydav2200]

We used this in school for poems thanks 😄

[@beckyfranzel1377]

That is fucking COOL.

[@J.R8765]

Me too

[@kyakpasa7139]

Same

[@EditzandDti]

@@beckyfranzel1377ikr we are doing a Greek mythology poem and we’re using this for inspiration

[@DjTomB]

I can't get enough of this genius!

[@Jessiclar]

I saw Kate on Random Acts on E4 the other day and I'm rather glad. I absolutely adore her work. Her rhythm is beautiful and her lyrics well thought out. Icarus has always been my favourite fairy tale and this is just stunning. The way she captured the story. I can visualise it perfectly.

[@HannahH362]

Over and over and over again...and yet it's still like the first time. I am spellbound.

[@h0neyk0i777]

*I see you Florida Testing Administration...*

[@yoyo-ci6vm]

oh my god haha

[@peachtree9201]

HAAHAA

[@ashbelle9984]

I finished session 2 early and was bored and the silence was killing me so I listened to this shit on repeat for 40 minutes.

[@peachtree9201]

Ash Belle 💀💀

[@ashbelle9984]

@@peachtree9201 bro I had nothing else to do and this was the closest to listening to music I could get.

[@whatthesigm8]

Hello I'm here because of a school homework thing

[@frankbai3172]

same bro

[@paulinepatel2189]

Same

[@xavrydmx]

SAME

[@J.R8765]

Same

[@GossipGyal1]

same

[@poppy7241]

pure magic..peace, love and total respect.. lines of fire ..beautiful poetess!

[@tallpoet2]

this gives hope to poetry. Inspiring, lyrical, smooth, real.

[@jaydenhamblin8529]

thankyou for the vid waching in class rn

[@NikoHL]

I almost fell of my chair when I first listened to this... A wonderful artist.

[@shamur6226]

true dat

[@strings2wood]

Kate Tempest, Your words are the pure adrenalised emotional blood of language, that gives life to the universal emotions we all feel but struggle to express so brilliantly and beautifully. My heart thanks you.

[@shamur6226]

My Heart thanks you too

[@20moneyz]

1:00 everyfing

[@CameronK_04]

This comment deserves more recognition

[@TheSpeedIce]

This is AMAZING! I never thought about the myth of Icarus along such lines! Thought-provoking! Moving! Tense, tensing!

[@honeystormer]

this is gonna sound weird but this was on my statewide english test lol, i already knew her bc of bastille so i kind of freaked when i heard this on the test

[@HunterMann]

Congrats to Kate for her recent appearance on American public television, show: Charlie Rose "The Week". Super!

[@ghostgrilll4479]

And her recent appearance on my test

[@BeatsumSeymour]

Incredible.

[@asteroidmonger]

Who would expect such things from a girl so young? This is amazing.

[@1otterby]

i heard her on a wed & each day since...

[@ar.temis696]

Out of all the options I had, I unknowingly went with the one that now goes by they/them. Wild.

[@suzanne9589]

This is magnificent.

[@jazsta123]

Can't remember where i read it but Bastille have a song with Kate (Forever ever) And they both have a song called Icarus, Bastille's recorded a short while after meeting Kate, they must have done their research, if not it'd be quite coincidental

[@mariacurtin7357]

i think she is brilliant;) from her accent and her music she doesnt seem like a poet so its beautiful and a real lesson to us that she is so talented with words!

[@iainrobb2076]

She doesn't seem like a poet because that's exactly what she is not.

[@mariacurtin7357]

?

[@iainrobb2076]

Exactly what I said there. The reason she doesn't seem like a poet is because she isn't one.

[@mariacurtin7357]

what is she then...?

[@iainrobb2076]

She's rap artist of some talent who thinks this gives her the excuse to wind up sponsored by every paper in the UK down to our usual media puffery, by showering us with rambling performance poetry that doesn't say anything much and says it sans metre or good free verse, in cliches. Performance poetry is to genuine well constructed poetry what a plate of oven chips and chicken nuggets is to haute cuisine.

[@tamarakennedy4976]

His feet kicked the clouds...what a gorgeous playful illustration ....imagery perfection...really conveys the spirit within Iccarus...heed the warnings of your father, go your own way but take with you not warnings that were spoken to block you or to stop you from spreading your wings and making your own way...but to use like a map of those who flew before you and met with certain death...the death of a dream, the death of innocence that sparks fearless endeavors to flight and the end to possibilities. It is BECAUSE our happiness is possible in the hopes that those who have yet to embark will do so better longer and be completely victorious in all pursuits. Adding to that map of already chartered territory leaving only the blank spaces to be filled with endless possibilities and triumphs.

[@prestonharrison75]

Every single time she astounds me!!!!!!!! Utter class and cool,what a fucking talent it's scary. The most expressive vocals without exception. Love it

[@psic881]

Toooooooooooooo much love.

[@jamspoon]

To those who think she's a kid - she's in her mid 20s and tours her spoken word rap and has published her stuff. Saw her last night on tour with PolarBear & Scroobius Pip. Comes across even better live. See her if you can.

[@justchillin2999]

Gosh I love this poem

[@alanburnam-richards8327]

wow just wow .............u got it girl .....just keep it goin xxxx

[@NigelFortune]

Wow...powerful piece of work!

[@MichelleTorez]

Talented woman xxx

[@tirence2441]

oh wow! i am in love with this

[@katiekinks3]

A Laureate already - go girl! x

[@harryshipman2090]

beautiful

[@dobbsiancant]

what a talent.

[@123321playstation]

@DJBarrister no her band sound of rum are still touring

[@Zanoni78]

amazing!!!

[@angelinafulkerson4625]

Intense, but goddess-she's lovely.

[@sophialea15]

Wow I really like this. Her writing is fantastic. The style delivery perhaps a little too American (I don't mean her accent) for my tastes but she's still great. Pretty inspiring.

[@Reemoos1]

amazing

[@petraszicso4253]

My teacher knows her. I think she is amazing!

[@erdoganyapik5089]

bravo... great.. hi from istanbul !

[@B.d.a.s.h]

that’s a pretty good

[@relk123x]

That was great

[@sollysolman]

I'm in love

[@daveth121864]

Wow.

[@caseytaylor8088]

I’m here for online lessons 😀

[@michellepizzolato9334]

Same

[@ghostgrilll4479]

What I listened to after I finished session 2 of my fsa

[@ashleylion5236]

bruh same

[@rachelclarke5978]

she is more eloquent than half the population

[@wafflemerchants]

Greetings from Somalia 😎

[@Katiethecloud]

if this is true I want to see where they talked about it... love Bastille but loved Kate waaaaaaay before i even knew who Bastille were!

[@rastastardust]

immence immence immence

[@prunty16]

you are a lyrical genius...

[@tinacleare8675]

❤

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Kate Tempest is every parents best possible hope and dream...that their child is fearlessly vocalizing all that is in their heart, that their child has such a sharp and brilliant mind that their child is articulate and passionate and speaks the truth without hesitation that their child is so aware of their own value worth and awesome existence without question and is such a loving giving individual cannot silence what is in their soul out of love for their fellow man this earth and this universe and for love of themselves cannot imagine smothering selling out conforming and disowning their own good character by strangling smothering themselves into silence betraying themselves into a lifetime of regret and remorse and emptiness. There is no greater comfort in knowing your child has grown to value all that cannot be sold or bought or purchased...the priceless thing that even the most wealthy greedy powerful people remain green eyed over....a good kind loving purity of a loving kind soul....good character...truthfulness and honesty....those who walk in the light illuminate the path for others lost in the dark..for this reason and so many others too many to list, i am grateful i found Kate Tempest she is the exclamation point to our collective concerns beliefs and compassion.

[@samib1783]

She is a woman with a cool london accent!

[@jazsta123]

This inspired bastilles song.. many thanks to her haha

[@rastastardust]

fucking beauty.

[@davidjaxontartaglia8]

"Gifts are dangerous, when they are given and not earned.... learned"---- ;) see: DJ Tartaglia...Kate.~* peace~*

[@j3nnwassss]

So I have an assignment on this and I rly need help to write a poem about thiss line "gifts are dangerous when they are given and not earned" so pls help me out

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@charles6835]

that's intense...very mature

[@zookie81]

@huskar170 Jamaican Patwa? Have u ever spoken to a Jamaican, one thinks not. she speaks like a kid from London, Now authentic Jamaica speaks like that lol open your mind.

[@harrisonbuxton477]

Is this a song or something else

[@sayuhnrblx2575]

Ooo noicee

[@beauholman]

my dad literally knows this person

[@ishy2654]

School work

[@ElisaBenaggoune]

This is so damn good

[@thomascole2174]

no its not, this is shit

[@Felix-f5t8c]

1:18 don’t make sense does it

[@RandomGamer-yo3tn]

most of the people in the comments are just students watching something their school sent them to watch lol

[@leechesters]

EPIC those that beat down on her NO NOTHING.....@ all ov ya get a grip..she got a big BIG talent..

[@danielleking1171]

the real deal

[@DracoGangLive]

Florida FSA be like....

[@lewisgilmartin3613]

Who’s here from 2021

[@DJBarrister]

...Was her throat operation career ending?

[@andybass61]

I think she has real talent. I'm not with the genius comments though. I know I will be in the minority here but her accent grates on me far to much.

[@briandemodulated]

+Andrew Burke it's almost as if you can't judge a book by its cover

[@Liberty40]

+Andrew Burke and the pitch as in the tone... a little hard to listen to for too long.

[@somersks7221]

Andrew Burke well she cant bloody help her accent can she! shes just working class and that shouldnt matter

[@uhhhclem]

You really wouldn't have liked Keats.

[@Nimravus6]

How is Seamus Heaney's Beowulf any good if he is just retelling someone else's story?

[@ragyaverma247]

everybody here cuz of school im guessing

[@leechesters]

@sophialea15 NARR she got talent rough raw talent..edgy yes american style hell no..this is urban london style..either way amazing RIGHT??!!

[@harrisonbuxton477]

What the hell is this

[@TheTariq23]

Sophialea - what on earth is "American style"? and huskart, believe it or not, Jamaicans have influenced British English - yeah, really.

[@sayuhnrblx2575]

~

[@simonbailey8814]

Sorry but I find her poetry a collection of cliches uttered with a self-important tone. Nails down a blackboard, for me.

[@NikoHL]

Eh?, What cliches are you referring to exactly? Poetry by its very nature uses lyrical, theatrical, dramatic language. Its not naturalistic and doesnt aim to be..

[@psic881]

Ws a hero fell to barbaro fell to a dont no livin in a barbaro fkd an im feelin slo slo to the barbaro dunno how ma feelins go sfkn goes to show slomo becomes a faster sho feel it

[@mahdrasool6115]

Where the Floridian people at in quarantine?

[@520maryo]

fantastic illumiarijews....odd point of view

[@artblock6152]

Kae tempest

[@73kdt]

Is she bozz eyed?

[@giri.goyo_yt]

She rappin bout Kanye. Hear that KW? Get real.

[@garmony3524]

i dont like her

[@jcalderon166]

Silly mancub!!!

[@platypusboy]

Okay so this is a modernised, spoken-word description of an ancient myth. How is this any good if she is just retelling someone else's story? I love the spoken word piece she did for Damien Dempsey's album but this piece is nothing new or exceptional.

[@raflo4776]

all stories are reworked myths or combinations of much older stories.

[@isa_blends]

What are you talking about? Every good artist has to take inspiration from the past. Stories are told and retold to make us remember past wisdoms. Homer's Illyad and Odyssey are "retelling" myths that were part of an oral tradition for hundreds of years.