
Kae Tempest releases new single "Nice Idea"
16 February 2023, 14:23
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Kae Tempest has unveiled their first new solo outing of 2023, "Nice Idea".
"Nice Idea" is Kae Tempest's first release since appearing on Fraser T. Smith's Future Utopia single "We Were We Still Are" last month, and marks their first solo single of the year.
On Instagram, Kae Tempest wrote of the new song, "This is a song about wanting to stay in bed all day with the person you’re in love with. Imagine you could just shut the whole world out and enjoy each other. Nice idea."
Tempest's latest album The Line Is A Curve arrived in April 2022.
Kae Tempest's' "Nice Idea" single is out now.
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