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Uffie Is Really, Truly Back With Her First New Track Since 2011

"Drugs" is the iconic French electronic artist's first new song in seven years and it's awesome.
Lauren O'Neill
London, GB
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Last year when Uffie made a guest appearance on Charli XCX's mixtape Number 1 Angel, electronic pop devotees everywhere held their breath for new solo music from the 2000s icon, but it didn't emerge. We all moved on – bleary-eyed at the thought of what genius we might have received unto us, but bleary-eyed all the same. Today however, we are vindicated. Behold: Uffie has returned, properly, with a brand new single, "Drugs," which you can hear below.

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"Drugs" is pretty and upbeat, and it shows a matured side to Uffie's songwriting (understandably – her last track came in 2011). She's shed the brattiness that used to trademark her work, and instead embraces sincerity; her voice punctuates tinkling synths, and the whole thing has a sparkling quality. Most of all however, it signals a massively welcome return onto pop's landscape: let's hope that Uffie brings more new music sooner rather than later.

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