# 'Statue In The Square' by Kae Tempest

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Podcast: [Queer the Music with Jake Shears](https://stenobird.com/podcast/queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253)
Published: 2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Kae Tempest joins Jake Shears to talk about his song 'Statue In The Square'.  With two Mercury nominations and the Ted Hughes Poetry Prize under his belt, Kae Tempest is a celebrated and prolific artist. His new album, Self Titled is his most personal work yet telling his story of finding love, community and comfort. In this episode he opens up to Jake about his identity struggles, journey of self-acceptance and we learn how creativity and community has been a powerful catalyst for embracing his self-hood. You can watch the whole episode at Mercury Studios YouTube channel  here We'd love to hear from you! Please send any comments or questions to us on Instagram @queerthemusicpodcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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