Robyn Miriam Carlsson – the former Max Martin protege who scored a few hits in the late-nineties before fading away into Europop obscurity – has somehow contrived 2007's most unlikely chart comeback. After returning to Blighty earlier this year with a gleaming electro-infused sound, the wizened popstrel managed to convince Jo Whiley of her musical integrity and never looked back. 'With Every Heartbeat', only her second UK single since 1997, topped the singles chart in August.

She's on rum old form on 'Handle Me', her follow-up tune, taking it upon herself to put a very arrogant young man in his place. "You're a selfish narcissistic psycho freakin' boot-lickin' Nazi creep," she tells him. "And you can’t handle me." Spitting out put-downs over a tack-sharp musical backdrop that blends folky guitar strums, muscular hip-hop beats and a multiplicity of sci-fi blips, Robyn sounds as if she's been beamed in from Mars. In the best possible way, of course.