Xiu Xiu is an American experimental rock band formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. The band’s name comes from the Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, which has influenced their sound. Xiu Xiu’s music is drawn from many genres, including British post punk, synth pop, modern Western classical, noise and experimental music, Asian percussion music, American folk, torch singers, house, techno, and 1950s rock n roll. Their songs are about topics such as specific events in the band’s personal lives, people close to the band, social and economic politics, gender dysphoria, suicide, loneliness, going insane, and child soldiers.