She is one of my favs and I love her music, her live performances and her attitude towards life. Now my beloved Uffie is pregnant and expecting a baby girl with her husband André. Here's an interview via MOBliving where she speaks about her stage name, her love for literature and her future plans.
Can't expect her album to be released, anyone got a clue when it's supposed to come?
Coucou Uffie! I'm pretty excited to do this interview with you, based on what I've read we seem to have a lot in common. Let's start with the basics, care to share your government name? Why Uffie? It sounds like egg in French, eggy! Like eggy weggs in A Clockwork Orange...
WELL WHEN I WAS LITTLE IT STARTED AS ENOUGH...MY PARENTS WERE ALWAYS SAYING ENOUGH! THEN MY DAD FIGURED HEY ENOUGH IS UN OEUF IS A PETITE OEUF (EGG IN FRENCH)...SO BY THE TIME MY MEMORY BEGINS THEY WERE ALL CALLING ME UFFIE...
How many years have you been gracing the Earth with your presence?
21!
You're from all over the place, which is obviously a huge influence on how you've grown up and what kind of things you've been exposed to. For those who don't know, where are you originally from, where have you lived, and where are you living now?
I WAS BORN IN NORTH FLORIDA, GREW UP MOSTLY IN HONG KONG, THEN SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SOUTH FLORIDA...I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN FRANCE NOW...I HAVE REALLY MOVED AROUND SO MUCH THAT I AM NOT REALLY FROM ONE PLACE...I OBVIOUSLY HAVE COMMITMENT ISSUES!
Of all those places, which would you say is your favorite? Or at least what's your favorite aspect of each specific place? I bet you have childhood stories for days!
WELL I REALLY LOVED HONG KONG. IT WAS STILL BRITISH WHEN I WAS THERE, BUT THERE WERE SOOO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT I EXPERIENCED - THAT OBVIOUSLY REALLY IMPACTS YOU AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. IVE LIVED WITH A LOT OF MONEY THERE, AND ALSO WITH NONE, SO IT WAS QUITE A CRAZY TIME BUT I WOULDNT TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!
I read that your Daddy is from Liverpool and that you basically had a British accent until your teens. You seem to have grown out of it with your constant moving, what languages do you speak? Multi-lingual people turn me on.
GRRR MOB GIRLS TURN ME ON! YES I GREW UP WITH A BRITISH ACCENT THAT COMES BACK QUITE EASILY...IM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT ACCENT I HAVE AT THE MOMENT, ITS NOT COMLETELY AMERICAN BUT THATS THE CLOSET ONE IT RESEMBLES I THINK...
Okay, so now for the 'down to business' questions. People living in this whole new music/fashion lifestyle have been quick to try and label what you do. "Rap Bitch" this, "Punk-Electro Princess" that, I'm sure you're sick of that shit. How would you define what it is that you do?
ITS ME...GOD I CANT EVEN GO INTO HOW FED UP I AM, I’M SURE EVERY ARTIST IS - OF DEFINING AND PIGEON HOLING THEMSELVES! WHEN YOURE CREATING YOUR ART, WHATEVER IT IS, IT’S A PEICE OF YOU SO IT’S SOMETHING ORIGINAL...BUT FOR THE SAKE OF PEOPLE WHO MUCH LABEL THINGS ITS DEFINATELY MORE IN THE ELECTRO/ROCK DIRECTION NOW THAN HIP HOP...I NEVER CALLED MYSELF A RAPPER....I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE PRETTY SURPRISED BY WHATS ON THE ALBUM...IT’S IN A MORE MATURE DIRECTION.
How did your musical career come about? You were signed to Pedro Winter's label Ed Banger in 06, which is pretty fucking awesome. Pedro is like a puppy!
THAT HE IS...DJ FEADZ CONVINCED ME TO JUST TRY WRITING AND GIVE RECORDING A SHOT...I THOUGHT IT WAS FUN BUT ITS NOT SOMETHING I TOOK SERIOUSLY AS A CAREER FOR A WHILE....I JUST REALLY LOVED IT AND CANT IMAGINE DOING ANYTING ELSE.
Most intense musical moment/performance? Like the first time you went on stage and got that gushy feeling in your crotch.
AN AMAZING ONE WAS DEFINITELY TWO N.Y.E.S AGO...DJ FEADZ AND I DID 3 CITIES IN AUSTRLIA IN 24 HOURS...WE DID MIDNIGHT IN PERTH, THEN AFTERNOON IN MELBOURNE, THEN NIGHT IN SYDNEY...IT WAS NEW YEARS SO WE WERE WELL INTO TOASTING BY MIDNIGHT…I HAVE NO CLUE HOW THE HELL WE SURVIVED THOSE HOT STAGES WITHOUT GETTING THE FEAR BUT...WHAT AN AMAZING TRIP, DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE PLACE TO TOUR.
Craziest shit you've seen on tour?
DARK, DARK VIBES NOT WORTH REMEMBERING!
You've been taking things a little slower lately, trying to focus more on making things you're really passionate about and exploring all fields now that you've established yourself. I read that you went from party mode to work mode, that's a good look at 20 years old! So what do you have in the works right now?
YEAH I AM JUST OVER THE CLUB THING RIGHT NOW...I WENT REALLY HARDCORE WITH TOURING AND THE NIGHT LIFE FOR A FEW YEARS AND IT WAS GREAT BUT I JUST WOKE UP AND WANTED TO SEE DAYLIGHT, WANTED TO HAVE TIME TO EXPLORE AND GO DEEPER IN MY WRITING AND SOUNDS, JUST A BREAK…AT THIS AGE YOU CHANGE A LOT REALLY QUICKLY, SO I FOUND MYSELF A BIT STUCK HAVING TO FINISH AN ALBUM…BUT I GREW SO MUCH FROM THE EP’S, PEOPLE KNEW... I WAS SCARED TO GO DEEPER AND EXPLORE MORE. THAT I WOULD ALIENATE PEOPLE..BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU HAVE TO FEEL WHAT YOU & DO WHAT YOU FEEL ALL THE WAY, SO I DID. I STARTED WORKING IN STUDIO WITH MIRWAIS AND IT CHANGED MY WORLD...HE’S THE MOST KIND AND RESPECTFUL MAN AS WELL AS AN ARTIST WHO REALLY HELPED ME FIND MYSELF AND A BALANCE...ANYWAYS WE JUST FINISHED UP AND YOU WILL HEAR IT SOON!
BIG WARNING THOUGH THIS ALBUM IS TOTALLY SCHIZOPHRENIC, IT WILL CONFUSE THE PIGEONHOLERS.
Speaking of puppies, you're about to have one of your own! Joining the hot young MILF club, I love it. I always find it so wild when women as young and on top of shit such as yourself have kids, what's the experience like so far? Garcon, fille, nom?
CEST UNE PETITE FILLE! NAME, I AM NOT QUiTE SURE, I HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HER... BUT I HAVE WEIRD TASTE, I AM SURE I WILL BE THE ONLY ONE WHO LIKES HER NAME...POOR, POOR GIRL. BUT YES IT WAS A LITTLE SOONER THAN I WOULD HAVE PLANNED...BUT IT REALLY IS A BLESSING THAT HAS ALREADY CHANGED MY LIFE EXTREMELY, FOR THE BETTER. VERY EXCITED TO JOIN THE MOB STROLLER LUNCHES :)
My crafty ass also found out that you're really into creative writing and literature, and that those were always your favorite subjects in school. Moi aussi! Please elaborate, what are you into writing? Also, I'm curious, favorite author?
WOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION MISSY...YES I HAVE ALWAS LOVED WRITING AND READING...DEFINITELY ONE OF MY BIGGEST PASSIONS! I READ A LOT OF HOLOUBEK, ELLIS, AUSTER, HUNTER S THOMPSON. MY DAD RECENTLY PASSED ME A GREAT BOOK CALLED CONFESSION OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN BY JOHN PERKINS THATS REALLY INTERESTING...
Let's not forget that you were our model for MTTM's spring 08 collection! Mark Cobrasnake shot it, you guys work together a lot right? The baby faces killed me, too cute.
YES MARKS MY FAVORITE...I WOULDNT EXACTLY CALL IT WORK, I JUST HAVE A MASSIVE WAVE OF ‘LETS DO SOMETHING CRAZY! CALL JEREMY AND LETS GET A MAKEUP PERSON!’ WE JUST LOVE PLAYING DRESS UP TOGETHER AND HES JUST SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY WITH...HE DEFINITELY IS ONE OF THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO ALWAYS CATCHES THE REAL ME JUST HAVING FUN WITH MY FRIENDS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO LOOK NICE...I THINK THATS WHAT MAKES HIS WORK REACH SO MANY PEOPLE.. ITS REAL, NOT RE-TOUCHING JUST FUN TIMES.
I obviously have to ask how you and Leah met, since that led to the subject of the question above, and basically the whole interview.
THE FIRST TIME WE HUNG OUT LEAH AND ROB CAME TO MEET ANDRE AND I AT THE BOWERY HOTEL...WE HAD A FEW TOO MANY MOSCOZ MULES, DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY AT BEATRICE...AND YEAH…WERE LOVELY LADIES, LEAHS THE SHIT.
Alright, business talk c'est fini! Now for the fun stuff...
YAY OR UH OH...WELL SEE.
If you weren't doing what you're doing now, where else would/could you see yourself?
I LOVE THE BUINESS SIDE OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY…ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE CREATIVE SIDE...I THINK I WOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING IN THAT.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE I WANTED TO BE A BALLERINA OR A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST (WEIRD I KNOW, BUT REALLY FACINATING...I JUST DIDNT HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR THE SCHOOL), OR BE WRITING....WHO THE HELL KNOWS?
What about later on? I want your dream career/retirement plan!
WELL I DEFINITELY WANT TO DO A CLOTHING LINE (WORKING ON SOMETHING AT THE MOMENT!), AND EXPAND SHORT STORIES I HAVE DONE AND TRY OUT A NOVEL MAYBE...PROBABLY JUST FOR MYSELF BUT SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE...I WANT TO WORK REALLY HARD NOW SO WHEN MY DAUGHTER IS OLDER I WILL BE ABLE TO BE THERE MORE (BEFORE AFTER SCHOOL) SO I CAN PROVIDE A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT...
Describe a "regular" day for you:
I DONT HAVE ONE
What's in your bag at all times?
SUNGLASSES AND PHONE
I always ask this one: what aspects/personality traits do you believe all women should have?
I THINK ITS SO IMPORTANT THAT WOMEN KNOW THEMSELVES...WE ALL HAVE DIFFERNT MORALS, BELIEFS, AND WAYS OF THINKING... NO ONE IS EVER WRONG, TO EACH HIS OWN. AS LONG AS YOU KNOW YOURSELF, YOUR LIMITS, AND WHAT YOU WANT, THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO RESPECT THAT. BE YOURSELF AND YOU WILL BE THE BEST PERSON YOURE ABLE TO BE...
What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
READ OR WATCH AN ENTIRE TV SERIES (ONCE I START I CANT STOP, ITS A SICKNESS)…THEN I DONT HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY!
If you could eat/drink one thing for the rest of your days, what'd be on the menu?
OUCH THATS HARD!!! EITHER SPARKLING WATER OR SPICY TUNA SPRING ROLL!
Got any vices, guilty pleasures, or strange little mannerisms we can know about?
NO...ABSOLUTELY NONE!
Ok, sex with anyone - dead or alive - who is it, where are you's doin' it, and why?
MMM MARILYN MONROE (ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN AND WHO WOULDNT!?)...THE OTHER LIVING ONE IS A TOTAL SECRET THAT WILL FOLLOW ME TO THE GRAVE!
Craziest place you ever got down?
WOULDNT YOU LIKE TO KNOW?
If I arranged for a private Jet to take you anywhere forever, (I think you'd probably have better luck arranging that than me) where would you go?
WELL NOT FOREVER BUT MY FAVORITE ESCAPE PLACE IS THE AMANPURI RESORT IN PHUKET...IF I HAD TO STAY IN THE SAME PLACE FOREVER, FOREVER WOULDNT BE LONG.
I have to ask...what's your favorite Married to the Mob piece? That reminds me, I have to send you a package!
ER YEA YA DO!!! NO FREEBIE LOVE...I LIKE LEAHS MUG SHOT SHIRT...THERES JUST SOMETHING ABOUT IT, HAHA.
Lastly, anything you'd like to add? Shout outs, what you had for breakfast, current favorite sexual position...
I AM VISITNG MY SISTER AT HER SCHOOL IN GAINSVILLE AT THE MOMENT, ITS HOT AND HUMID AND I HAD YOGAURT GRANOLA AND STRAWBERRIES…WOW LIFE IS INTERESTING TODAY...
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