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SOUND Wafty girl music in the Cocteau Twins/Beth Orton mode. She's had two U.K. hit singles and has sung with Jamiroquai and Zero 7.

HOW SHE GREETS AN INTERVIEWER CALLING FROM THE U.S. "Do you want to listen to me doing a wee, or do you want to call back in three minutes?"

WHAT SHE SAYS THREE MINUTES LATER "Let me give my hands a quick wash. I'm only doing that because you're listening."

SHE'S WITH THE BAND Men at Work singer Colin Hay is a family friend whom she called Uncle Collie. Sia's mother was in an all-girl "slightly lezzie" band called Girls at Play, and her dad had a rockabilly band. Sia co-wrote a song ("The Bully") with Beck; they also recorded a "country stalker" version of Grease's "You're the One That I Want."

LOOK FOR Colour and the Six Feet Under soundtrack.