Hella Pinay: Icons

Some people build careers. Others help build a culture. We’re joined by King Marie—a Filipino-American multidisciplinary artist, musician, DJ, model, and creative director whose work spans music, nightlife, and community building. A longtime Hella Pinay icon, King Marie joins Steph & Guerrilla for a full-circle conversation on creative evolution, Filipino cultural representation, and building...

Some artists make music. Some build entire worlds. We’re joined by Kimmortal—a Filipino Canadian artist, musician, and longtime Hella Pinay icon whose work moves between hip hop, punk, and everything in between. Their practice is rooted in community, DIY ethics, queerness, and an interdisciplinary approach that brings together music, visuals, and performance. Steph & Guerrilla catch up with Ki...

What does it mean to hold multiple selves—and multiple histories—at once? We’re joined by itcallsme i—a Stockholm-based Filipina artist emerging as a mysterious three-part entity: it, me, and i . Their debut EP CHARCOAL builds a dark, immersive world through left-field electronica, where obsession, devotion, self-destruction, and survival all collide. Grounded in Filipino heritage and drawing from...

What does it mean to tell stories that actually shift culture? For our first guest, we sit down with Sarah Burke—journalist, filmmaker, and former editor-in-chief of Them, Condé Nast's LGBTQ+ publication. From her time as special projects editor at VICE —where she built The Gender Spectrum Collection and co-created Transnational, a Peabody and GLAAD award-winning docuseries on trans rights aro...

Why are we calling the show “icons” and what makes someone iconic? Steph & Guerrilla reunite in the studio to kiki on the state of Filipino representation, our renewed vision for the Hella Pinay brand, the importance of the creative underground, and of being your authentic self in these trying times. Also, we definitely had wine for lunch.  K.I.T. xoxo IG: @hella_pinay hellapinay.com