This is Newisco Weekend. I'm Lisa Hale. It's already time to wrap up this edition.
We hope you've enjoyed our lighter look at the darkness creeping in this time of year.
We end with a Wisconsin singer-songwriter who tells our Terry Bar she's had her share of darkness.
But by putting her thoughts into her music, she's found the light and she hopes you do too.
Forgiveness is key, forgive him for getting a walk away instead.
I'll forgive him for getting you. I'll forgive him for getting you.
I'm going our nose bridges down.
Burn those bridges down.
We are listening to part of the song Burning Bridges.
Now this is from Wisconsin singer songwriter
Shaqina King, who joins us.
Shaqina, thank you for being here with us.
Thank you for having me. It's such a pleasure.
This is such a powerful song.
What to you is burning bridges about?
So the song is really about burning out the insecurities
that other people's words leave.
I was doing a show last summer and this guy came up to me
and thought he needed to tell me how much he hated my music.
And he was like, you suck, you're so boring and just on and on and on.
And I don't know if I was more upset at the words he said
or if I was more upset at how I let his words affect me.
So burning bridges is about labels that other people want to give us
and burning out the insecurities and not allowing negative people
to speak into your life in such a way.
I'm actually this sounds strange but I'm a bit grateful to him
because you have put out an incredible song
because of his silliness.
I tell people too like I've been looking for him ever since
to thank him for helping me write this song.
We actually just recorded a music video and it's hopefully coming out this fall.
We built a bridge on my parents property
and we had everybody wear name tags
and write negative words on them and wear them like name tags.
And throughout the video everybody put their words all over this bridge.
At the end we burned it all down.
It was like a big therapy session and watching some of those words
burning was really, really emotional and really kind of special
for everybody involved. It was interesting because
there was a couple of words that wouldn't burn towards the bottom.
It was addiction was one of the words.
And I was thinking like how symbolic is that?
So it was just interesting to me that that word had such a hard time
like burning off because it stuck around and it's like
I get chills every time I talk about this.
So I'm like how crazy symbolic like we're so
we're so quick to label people.
It's so much easier to actually care about people
rather than going the other direction.
Well yeah and then we hear something about so and so
and then that's always like a preconceived idea in our mind.
All of these negative ideas that we already have in our head
going up to talk to somebody and it's like no.
And we have amazing times and we have hard times and
it's life. Even though you're saying you can't do this.
Don't do this to me.
It's still a positive message for other people.
Yeah and it's I'm kind of like talking to myself
through a lot of this even though it's like you you you it's kind of like I'm
I'm talking preaching to the choir.
And yeah it's been a big a big message on my heart.
Do you look at music as sort of being a light when when it's dark
is music a light to you and can it be a light for other people?
Absolutely absolutely this makes me feel something and
music makes you feel something but are good emotions or bad emotions
emotions are or something that we all have and go through and
it's good to express and understand those emotions before we can move on
and then find that light and find that happiness.
Talking with Wisconsin musician Shaqina King now you just released a brand new album.
You're just so happy to get it out into the world for everyone to enjoy.
And you were talking about music being a light and that's always been kind of an anchor for me.
Like happiness and finding joy doesn't mean that your life is going to be perfect.
It's finding peace in the storm and it's learning how to protect your joy.
We are going to end on the new song You're Not Broken.
Tell us about this one Shaqina.
So this song just says if you're fighting an invisible war
and then the chorus says it doesn't mean you're broken.
It doesn't mean you're strange.
It doesn't mean you're helpless.
You've just had some bad days.
Your life is worth so much more than you can imagine.
I love you and no one can take your place.
Here is Your Not Broken from Shaqina King.
And I thank you so much for sharing your light with all of us.
Thank you for having me today.
You're not all those things.
Your heart can't take it anymore.
Just hold on and there'll be better days.
It doesn't mean you're broken.
It doesn't mean you're strange.
It doesn't mean you're helpless.
You've had some bad days.
Your life is worth so much more than you can imagine.
Can't imagine I love you and no one can take your place.
And I love you and no one can take your place.
If you're somewhere and ever thought you'd be.
And if you're running hard just to be free.
You're loved but you still feel the pain.
Just hold on and there'll be better days.
It doesn't mean you're broken.
It doesn't mean you're strange.
It doesn't mean you're helpless.
You've had some bad days.
Your life is worth so much more than you can imagine.
I love you and no one can take your place.
It doesn't mean you're broken.
It doesn't mean you're strange.
It doesn't mean you're helpless.
You've had some bad days.
Your life is worth so much more than you can imagine.
I love you and no one can take your place.
Thank you for being a part of New Wisco Weekend.
Your look at the stories and issues facing Northeast Wisconsin.
New Wisco Weekend is produced and written by Terry Bar and Lisa Hale.
Our executive producer is Todd Michaels, directed by Lisa Hale.
Our lead correspondent is Terry Bar with features by Conrad Krieger,
Brittany Merlot, Pete Schwabba, and commentator Amanda Nimmer.
Special appearances this week by John Mino and Jim Schmidt.
If you have a story you'd like to hear covered,
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I'm civic media Northeast Wisconsin Bureau Chief Lisa Hale for WISS
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