XS

* Official
* Remix

Single by Rina Sawayama

## Music Video

"**XS**" is the second track and third single from Rina Sawayama's debut studio album, *Sawayama* (2020). Written by Sawayama with Chris Lyon, Kyle Shearer and Nate Campany, and produced by Shearer, the song was released on 2 March 2020.

It received positive reviews from music critics. A music video for the track was released on 17 April 2020.

## Background

According to Rina, she wrote "XS" with Nate Campany, Kyle Shearer and Chris Lyon:

> It was the first session we ever did together in LA. They were noodling around with guitar riffs and I was like, “I want to write something that’s really abrasive, but also pop that freaks you out.” It’s the good amount of jarring, the good side of jarring that it wakes you up a little bit every four bars or whatever. I told them, "I really love N.E.R.D and I just want to hear those guitars."
>
> — Via Apple Music.

She also said in a statement that "XS" is a song that "mocks capitalism in a sinking world":

> Given that we all know global climate change is accelerating and human extinction is a very real possibility within our lifetime it seemed hilarious to me that brands were still coming out with new makeup palettes every month and public figures were doing a gigantic house tour of their gated property in Calasbasas in the same week as doing a ‘sad about Australian wild fires’ Instagram post. I mean I’m guilty of turning a blind eye too, because otherwise it makes me depressed. We’re all hypocrites because we are all capitalists, and it’s a trap that I don’t see us getting out of. I wanted to reflect the chaos of this post-truth climate change denying world in the metal guitar stabs that flare up like an underlying zit between the 2000s R&B beat that reminds you of a time when everything was alright.
>
>

## Music video

### Background

The music video for "XS" was uploaded on YouTube on 17 April 2020, the same day as Sawayama's self-titled debut album was released. It currently has over 4 million views, making it the most-viewed video on Sawayama's channel. It was directed by Ali Kurr, who had also previously directed the music video for her other single, "STFU!".

### Synopsis

In the video, Sawayama portrays a "QVC-like" "robotic" saleswoman who attends a shopping channel broadcast to promote a beverage named "RINA Water", which consists 99% of 24-karat gold and 1% of plasma. It is then later revealed that the liquid is extracted from a creature which is chained in an underground factory.

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1. *Rina Sawayama wears a custom Swamp Creature costume made by Natasha Lawes.*

## Live performance

On 26 October 2020, Rina gave her first televised performance ever on *The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon*, where she performed "XS". "XS" was also part of the regular set list of the Dynasty Tour, which began on 8 November 2021 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Lyrics

### Official

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Hey, I want it all, don't have to choose

And when the heart wants what it wants, what can I do?

So I'll take that one, that one, yeah, that one too

Luxury and opulence

Cartier set, Tesla Xs

Calabasas, I deserve it

Call me crazy, call me selfish

I'm the baddest and I'm worth it

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (XS, XS)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (XS, XS)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Flex, when all that's left is immaterial

And the price we paid is unbelievable

And I'm taking in as much as I can hold

Well, here are the things you'll never know

Make me less so I want more (More)

Bought a zip code at the mall

Call me crazy, call me selfish

Say I'm neither, would you believe her?

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (XS, XS)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my, where did it go awry?

When all this time, heaven was in our eyes

So, say goodnight, forget about it 'til the end of time

Yeah, I want more, more, more, more, more

More, more, more, more, more

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

(I need it now)

Gimme just a little bit, little bit of (Give me just a little more)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes) (I don't wanna hear no, woah)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (Give me just a little more)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit, little bit of (Give me just a little)

Bit more (XS, XS)

A little bit more (XS, XS)

A little bit more (XS, XS)

More, yeah, yeah

### Bree Runway remix

**Rina Sawayama**

More

Hey, I want it all, don't have to choose

And when the heart wants what it wants, what can I do?

So I'll take that one, that one, yeah, that one too

Luxury and opulence

Cartier set, Tesla Xs

Calabasas, I deserve it

Call me crazy, call me selfish

I'm the baddest and I'm worth it

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (XS, XS)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (XS, XS)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

**Bree Runway**

Excess, yes, I need more and more

Gimme the biggest Birkin bag and Dior Couture

I see why everybody mad at me and all of ya'll

I mean all of ya'll (I mean all of ya'll)

I’m the best and I put that on the Bible

Gyal shook when I step out of arrivals

Ain’t no tie bitch, you could be my rival

(You could be my rival)

Skin so rich, it look like gold

Ain't no Fenty but I glow

They say Rina look like gold

Your wifey hate us 'cause she know

Money, power, excess, and more

But they can’t never snatch my soul

It's a ring on my finger, of course I said yes

I ain't married to no man, I'm married to success

**Rina Sawayama, *Bree Runway***

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my *(A little bit more)*

Gimme just a little bit (XS, XS) *(Just a little)*

Oh me, oh my *(Just a little)*

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

**Rina Sawayama, *Both***

Oh me, oh my, where did it go awry?

When all this time, heaven was in our eyes

So, say goodnight, forget about it 'til the end of time

Yeah, I want *more, more, more, more, more*

*More, more, more, more, more*

**Rina Sawayama, *Bree Runway***

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

Oh me, oh my

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (More), little bit of (Excess)

*(Just a little)*

Gimme just a little bit, little bit of (Give me just a little more)

Oh me, oh my *(I don't wanna hear)*

I don't wanna hear (No, no), only want a (Yes, yes)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit (Give me just a little more)

Oh me, oh my

Gimme just a little bit, little bit of (Give me just a little)

Just a little bit more (XS, XS)

A little bit more (XS, XS)

A little bit more (XS, XS) *(Haha, excess)*

More, yeah, yeah

*It's Rina and Bree, give us excess, it's just what we need*

## References

1. ↑ Twitter - SURPRISE my BRAND NEW SINGLE "XS" will be premiered on @BBCR1 as their HOTTEST RECORD in the WORLD at 7PM GMT tonight by @AnnieMac
2. ↑ YouTube - Rina Sawayama - XS (Official Video)
3. ↑ SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama on Apple Music
4. ↑ *Pitchfork* - Listen to Rina Sawayama’s New Song “XS”
5. ↑ Rina Sawayama - XS (Official Video)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rina Sawayama shares tongue-in-cheek 'XS' video
7. ↑ Rina Sawayama takes on capitalism in style with her XS music video
8. ↑ Tune into the shopping channel in Rina Sawayama's new 'XS' video
9. ↑ Rina Sawayama Hawks 24k Gold Beverage in "XS" Video: Watch
10. ↑ *Pitchfork.* Watch Rina Sawayama Perform “XS” on Fallon