Speaker 1: And it's with Jacob mushorquar with you until three pm.
Speaker 1: Getting into our last feature now, and it is of
Speaker 1: course the more exciting one, the music feature. You can
Speaker 1: get in touch with us zero seven two five six
Speaker 1: seven one five sixty seven, or you can give us
Speaker 1: a quick phone call. Oh two one four four six
Speaker 1: zero five six seven, that's the number. Coming up at
Speaker 1: three pm is of course Afternoon Drive with Mike Wills.
Speaker 1: He's in for John Maatham. But for now we're joined
Speaker 1: on the line by Zena. She's part of our musical segment. Today.
Speaker 1: We're featuring a singer, songwriter and actress who's just released
Speaker 1: her new song. Xena's debut EP in twenty twenty three
Speaker 1: helped cement her career and now she's back with new music.
Speaker 1: But before we play you the latest track, let's get
Speaker 1: to know her a little more. Zina, Welcome to Cape
Speaker 1: Talk on Lunch with Jacob. How are you doing?
Speaker 2: Hi, Jacob, how are you?
Speaker 1: I'm fantastic. Thank you for asking. Are you good? Are
Speaker 1: you strong? Are you warm?
Speaker 2: I am? I'm trying to keep warm in this crazy
Speaker 2: cold weather we are suffering.
Speaker 1: I think it's part of the journey. Stay warm. There,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure your voice is also quite soothing. I
Speaker 1: want to know where it all started for you started
Speaker 1: performing at a very young age. Why did music become
Speaker 1: that calling for you.
Speaker 2: I think, you know, when something comes really easy to
Speaker 2: you and you don't really have to try hard. I
Speaker 2: think that that's music for me. And not to say
Speaker 2: that try hard in the sense that you don't have
Speaker 2: to work hard to obtain anything, but I think melodies
Speaker 2: and lyrics come to me so quickly that it just
Speaker 2: felt like the right thing to do and that it
Speaker 2: was a God given gift as opposed to it, you know,
Speaker 2: being something that grew to love and loving it at
Speaker 2: such a young age afforded me the opportunity to you know,
Speaker 2: expand my you know, my hobbies and what I originally wanted.
Speaker 2: But music was such a foundational thing for me as
Speaker 2: a child because I feel like it helped me embrace
Speaker 2: who I was and helped me really figure out what
Speaker 2: it was that was going on in my crazy head
Speaker 2: because I really thought I was a weird.
Speaker 1: Child growing up and a part for singing. It seems
Speaker 1: as though you are multi talented, because acting is also
Speaker 1: involved there which one do you prefer singing or acting.
Speaker 2: Definitely singing, I think because I was trained in musical theaters,
Speaker 2: so we're trained to sing, act, dance the whole thing.
Speaker 2: So we're all trained to be performers. But singing is
Speaker 2: definitely my first point of core, honestly.
Speaker 1: And now let's get into this new song of yours.
Speaker 1: It's called we Know. Tell us about the inspiration behind
Speaker 1: the song.
Speaker 2: So the inspiration behind this song is that, you know,
Speaker 2: we've all been through some sort of relationship or we've
Speaker 2: been in certain places that were no longer serve us
Speaker 2: and are no longer supposed to be a part of
Speaker 2: our journey, and for some reason, as human beings, we
Speaker 2: tend to hold onto things that are no longer for us,
Speaker 2: And so the song is about trying to let go
Speaker 2: or wanting someone else to pull the rug underneath us
Speaker 2: so that we can eventually be able to release ourselves
Speaker 2: from that position or from that person, or that project
Speaker 2: or that dream that you once wanted. And I think
Speaker 2: the end of something isn't always just the end, it's
Speaker 2: the beginning of something else, and so being able to
Speaker 2: leave a situation that's not for you open the doors
Speaker 2: to be able to receive something better in your life,
Speaker 2: and so that's what the song is about.
Speaker 1: And the writing or penning down your emotions after experiencing
Speaker 1: all different types of things in life, does that come
Speaker 1: quite easy for you?
Speaker 2: Yes, it really does. And I think songwriting for me
Speaker 2: is something that really helped me a lot in primary
Speaker 2: school days and high school days when things are just
Speaker 2: really overwhelming, I'd opened up my diary and just start
Speaker 2: writing songs or just diary entries. And the older I got,
Speaker 2: the easier it became for me to be able to
Speaker 2: put my emotions down onto paper so that they I
Speaker 2: could be able to deal with them and help my
Speaker 2: mind kind of get through what it was that I
Speaker 2: was feeling and makes sense of what I was feeling
Speaker 2: as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so tell us what are you up to for
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. We've literally just hit the
Speaker 1: middle of twenty twenty five right now, and people already like, oh,
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm going to make it till
Speaker 1: the end of the year. What are your plans for
Speaker 1: the rest of the year musical perspective, obviously, no, Jacob, you.
Speaker 2: Know we have to make it through. Twenty twenty four
Speaker 2: was a crazy gird So twenty twenty five. We need
Speaker 2: to end with the bang. I'm releasing a new music
Speaker 2: video this month which I'm really looking forward to. I'll
Speaker 2: be participating in the show called Born to Perform as
Speaker 2: the host this year, which I'm really excited about. And
Speaker 2: of course more music coming up and in the pipeline
Speaker 2: and so I'm hoping for more performances to come from that.
Speaker 1: And while you add it, I think it would be
Speaker 1: appropriate right now, Ob maybe if you can start rolling
Speaker 1: it there for you to introduce. We know I'm going
Speaker 1: to play about about two minutes of the song, so
Speaker 1: you'd have to just stay on the line, but it'll
Speaker 1: be nice to also hear what people think of the
Speaker 1: song as well. So this is your time to shine.
Speaker 1: Please introduce your song, Zina.
Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, this is We Know by your girls, Diena.
Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you inspired
Speaker 2: this song. That's the love. I guess there's something.
Speaker 1: It's lunch with Jacob Qua on Cape Talk. That was
Speaker 1: the sweet sounds of Zena with her latest song titled
Speaker 1: We Know Zina. Hey, the people love you in Cape Town, Dude,
Speaker 1: they love you. That was amazing.
Speaker 2: Oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1: We got a message from Tanya saying she has such
Speaker 1: a sweet voice loving the beat of the song. It's
Speaker 1: the beat for me as well. What do you think
Speaker 1: of the beat?
Speaker 2: I think the beat is incredible. That shout out to
Speaker 2: Slowey and find Tune Studios. He's an incredible producer and
Speaker 2: it's just so funky and hip.
Speaker 1: A funny story. I actually do know we find Tune Studios.
Speaker 1: Is I used to do my voiceovers there in Brianston.
Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken here, it's exactly there.
Speaker 2: That's amazing.
Speaker 1: That's so cool. Yeah, no, listen, I'm an ex Jo
Speaker 1: Burger and I'm now cape Tonian. But now what needs
Speaker 1: to happen with you is we need your musical talent
Speaker 1: in the mother city as well. So you need to
Speaker 1: tell us where are you performing next and how can
Speaker 1: people book you and what's your socials, et cetera.
Speaker 2: So anyone can follow me at on Instagram at Zina
Speaker 2: Rose under school, or on Facebook or on TikTok. You find
Speaker 2: me at Zina Rose and then if you'd like to
Speaker 2: book me, you can email Zenimusic at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: So Xeno Rowse is how we get hold of you
Speaker 1: and it's Xeno Rows on all the socials. Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: now tell me something before I let you go. In
Speaker 1: terms of musical inspirations when you were when you were
Speaker 1: young and you were growing up, I mean, obviously music
Speaker 1: was something that you always got drawn to. Who were
Speaker 1: your musical inspirations back then?
Speaker 2: So back then, I really loved Brenda Fassi. I was
Speaker 2: a huge fan of Whitney System, obviously being also being
Speaker 2: able to travel with the Whitney System to show I
Speaker 2: love things like Abba. I loved Beyonce as well. And
Speaker 2: apparently my inspiration is Victoria Mane. She's an incredible songwriter
Speaker 2: and she is such an inspiration to me.
Speaker 1: You're an inspiration to many others out there. I wish
Speaker 1: you the best of luck with your journey, and just
Speaker 1: by hearing your music today, I am sold. I am
Speaker 1: now going to be following Xena Rose on Instagram and
Speaker 1: on TikTok, and I'm gonna be and I'm going to
Speaker 1: be telling all my friends about you. I wish you
Speaker 1: all the best of luck.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Jake, lovely talking.
Speaker 1: To you, absolute pleasure chatting to you too. Her name
Speaker 1: is Zena Rose joining us here on lunch with Jacob
Speaker 1: Mushaqua in for Papa Hudson, and of course chatting about
Speaker 1: her musical journey and where she gets her inspiration from.
Speaker 1: Inspired by the likes of Whitney Houston, Beyonce, and even
Speaker 1: Brenda Fassi. Hey, oh be Brenda Fazi. Remember Brenda Fassi. Dude, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're an og if you know who Brenda Fassi is.
Speaker 1: And I think if life would have had it, we
Speaker 1: would have definitely had Brenda Fasci on our musical journey
Speaker 1: because she is a She was a proud Cape Tonian
Speaker 1: and I think she carried Cape Town and South Africa
Speaker 1: very well on an international space. I do hope the
Speaker 1: likes of Xena Rose are spotted somewhere on the international
Speaker 1: space because that is definitely a golden voice.