PHS grad Abrina Guaderrama releases latest single

A Poway High graduate has recently released her latest single, which is making waves with radio stations.

Abrina Guaderrama, who graduated from PHS in 2007, released her newest single, “It Ain’t Nothin’,” last Thursday. The song is currently available for listening on her “It Ain’t Nothin’at soundcloud.com/rnbass/abrina-it-aint-nothin.

Guaderrama filmed a video for the new single on Wednesday. It will be available on her YouTube channel, youtube.com/user/abrinamusic.

“I did a light release to test the waters,” said Guaderrama. “Some radio stations have already picked it up.”

Guaderrama calls her musical style “ambiguous,” as she mixes several genres together, including hip-hop, pop and Latin music. “I’m a well-rounded artist,” she said. “I never wanted to be put in a box. I like to experiment with different genres.”

Guaderrama, who is currently playing several shows around Florida, also just played at Summer Bash in Ft. Myers.

Following Florida, Guaderrama will be performing shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco during August, before heading to Germany for a tour during September and October. “I’ve never been to Germany,” said Guaderrama. “I’m looking forward to that.”

Guaderrama said that she had dreamed of being a professional singer and dancer since she was a child. “I always loved to sing and dance. I was the kid you couldn’t get to shut up,” she said. Guaderrama said she did performances at parties as a girl, and was part of the school choir in high school, as well as being a member of the Poway High School dance team.

Outside of school, she was a member of the San Diego Junior Theatre as well as California Music Studios, performing recitals around San Diego and Los Angeles.

Guaderrama said she has been performing professionally since she graduated from Poway High. “I left college to go on a 25-state tour,” she said. “After that I just built it more and turned it into a career. I kept going and I’ve been performing a good six years now. It’s been a long journey but it’s definitely been building a lot.”

Her career really kicked off, Guaderrama said, after she competed in a singing contest at Universal CityWalk. The winner of the contest got a monetary prize and connections in the music industry. Guaderrama won the contest.

“After the contest, I didn’t sign a deal but there was a lot of interest,” she said. “I was confirmation to myself that I could do this.”

Over her six years performing professionally, Guaderrama has put out an EP as well as a Christmas album, along with six singles. She said she is working on a new EP and would like to release another Christmas album, though it probably won’t be this year.

Though she works out of Los Angeles, Guaderrama said she comes back to Poway often to visit her parents, who still live here. “I’m always escaping down to nice, calm, relaxed Poway for a visit,” she said.