Almost 20 years into her ever-evolving career, London-based, BRIT Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and activist KATE NASH has seen it all, from finding huge commercial success in 2007’s hit Foundations, reaching number 1 in the UK, touring the world as an independent punk artist and even starring in HBO’s hit wrestling drama, GLOW. Her powerful trans ally anthem GERM was released in 2025, and saw Kate enter the Billboard Charts in the US and make headlines around the world. This was the latest release on legendary label Kill Rock Stars, following Kate’s fifth album ‘9 Sad Symphonies’ in 2024, a record inspired by old Hollywood, vintage musicals and a desperate quest to find beauty in a rotten world. Now turning her focus to music inspired by her dual nationalities, English and Irish, her new single is a cover of Sinéad O’Connor’s Famine, featuring a new original verse. Following Sinéad’s passing in 2023, Kate revisited her discography and was struck by Famine, a song which fused spoken word, hip-hop and heartache that broke through decades of silence surrounding one of Ireland’s deepest wounds, the Great Hunger. Kate valued O’Connor’s ability to illuminate a history she had never been taught in school or at home. By covering the song, Kate hopes to continue amplifying Sinéad’s words. “If there is ever going to be healing, there has to be remembering, then grieving, so that there can be forgiving there has to be knowledge and understanding.”
