Let's make this birthday one to remember.

43 years old (Born on October 13, 1981)

Happy Birthday, Kele Okereke! From giving us electrifying riffs and indie-rock anthems with Bloc Party to your soulful solo adventures like "The Boxer," you've clearly conquered the art of musical reinvention. Whether it's the contagious energy from "Banquet" or your heartfelt storytelling in tracks like "Tenderoni," you've consistently kept us dancing—and sometimes awkwardly air-guitaring—in bedrooms everywhere.

Here's hoping you celebrate today louder than a Bloc Party chorus, groovier than your best beats, and smoother than those stellar guitar rhythms you're famous for. Keep making incredible music and defying genres—birthday cake calories don’t count when you're rocking as hard as you do!