We had the good fortune of connecting with Joshua Reguillo and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Joshua, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
I believe risks are necessary to grow mentally and spiritually. New experiences come with new knowledge which is why I risked moving to LA from NYC on my own. I knew I didn’t know much about LA and didn’t have any solid plans laid out but I took the chance for the that exact reason of drowning and gaining new knowledge. That leap I took to move gained me so many new talented friends and so much growth as a artist.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Im a 26 year old afro latino from the Bronx, NY. Growing up poor with no childhood really made me a target at school for bullying. My whole life I allowed insecurity and low self teem dictate my every day. I allowed others ignorance to cloud me and hurt me. It was till I picked up guitar and discovered bands like 5sos and Blink 182. I eventually started my first band with my best friend called Ronx and im so far of the progress we made over the course of years. We’ve played countless shows hometown, toured, working on our second studio album and still all were 1000s of miles apart. Being in La as a solo artist allowed me to experiment more with new sounds hence why I say beachsmoke is no genre but a experience.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Definitely do a drive to Joshua tree or Vegas. Wed hit the local shows on sunsets famous venues Roxy, whisky, and viper. Wed hit up Canes and Roscoe chicken. Wed hit up Runyon canyon and Griffith park.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My mother is my biggest inspiration, shout out to her. Shout out to the LA homies (Drive By Cinema, Dead Of Night, Nico Nilla)

Other: https://linktr.ee/beachsmoke

Image Credits
@angelfonts

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