Who is she?
19-year-old, Miami-bred Anna-Catherine Hartley, who moved to Paris with hopes of becoming a fashion designer or ballerina. Instead, she met and fell for a DJ, Feadz, and now makes electro-pop rap with him and Mr Oizo.
Mr Oizo? Didn't he have a No 1 hit in this country?
Yes, Flat Beat in 1999. It was on a Levi's commercial featuring a head-nodding orange puppet called Flat Eric.
So now Mr Oizo is working with another pop puppet?
Not exactly. Uffie isn't orange, and she does write her own songs. On Ready to Uff she declares, "My name's Uffie and I'm ready to fuck." This is not for titillation: Uffie would like to cement the notion that women go out on a Saturday night hoping to get laid, just as men do. Serge Gainsbourg would no doubt approve.
So is her name rude, too?
Her father - who works in fashion - called her "enough" as she was the last sibling born into her family.
Where can I hear her?
Her single Hot Chick is out this month. Now available is Pop the Glock, featuring her rap about guns and Tootsie Rolls - you can hear it at myspace.com/uffie. And Uffie plays Fabric, London EC1, tomorrow.
