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 a legacy on your own terms.

We get into building FILIPINX, the realities of sustaining creative projects, and how Filipino creative culture has evolved over the past decade. King Marie reflects on the vulnerability of putting your own music into the world, creating spaces where people can show up as themselves, and making history as a DJ for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun.

Plus: the people who inspire us to keep going, family legacy, and what’s next for King Marie—including new music and acting.

As Hella Pinay celebrates ten years, we’re revisiting the people who have been part of the story from the beginning—and asking what it takes to keep building without compromising who you are.

Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Hdt3ur38HNJ9OryhUFfJA?si=94RbHhbnS-SYEWO3EgboCQ

Watch: https://youtube.com/channel/UC55J683sYVN5qBu6Y9kBqFg?si=6Y7IAqp-2u_PK3u4

Follow: King Marie: https://www.instagram.com/kingmarie/

K.I.T. xoxo 🖤

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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 Kimmortal on working through shame, coming to peace with their colonized Christian upbringing, and returning to their DIY roots. We get into touring and connecting with fans around the world, making art outside the PR filter, and what it means to know you’re a star without needing anyone else to validate it.

We also dive into Filipino musical forms like budots and ragatak, connecting with Filipino communities across the diaspora, and Kimmortal’s upcoming collaboration with legendary budots producer DJ Love.

Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ioYxkShKhYOKpQh0ERVFS?si=jzgJT26HQOSXSiP-kaXkjg

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@kimmortaltheartist

Follow: Kimmortal: https://www.instagram.com/kimmortaltheartist/

Read more about budots: https://www.ctm-festival.de/magazine/2026/post-budots-mutation-diffusion-and-vernacular-futures

K.I.T. xoxo

IG: @hella_pinay

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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 underground club culture, their sound feels both ancestral and future-facing—an intimate and unsettling reclamation of a history often erased, but still alive in the sound.

Steph & Guerrilla get into the process behind the project, navigating identity across cultures, and building a layered world of selves—including i, the mysterious human architect behind it all.

Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/6vhm56QTNFdsW3XUbeVG4P?si=qBVH0IifRgqgPp4x6a5jsA

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@itcallsmei

Follow: itcallsme i: https://instagram.com/itcallsmei

K.I.T. xoxo

IG: @hella_pinay

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