Caleb & Adam - The Infinite noise/The Bright sessions by @laurenshippen

This is my art for the charity @ofs-zine holiday edition.

We unlocked community posts on our channel!!! Woohoo! Thank you so much to everyone who subscribed and made this happen.

Our first update involves the episode schedule for May, which includes a two-parter episode! Digmaan part 1 will premiere on May 15, 2022 and part 2 will premiere on May 22 at 9PM EST. Come join the chat during the premiere if you can! (Premieres are May 16 and May 23 at 9AM Philippine time)

Our second update involves the draw for who gets free Hi Nay merch from our Redbubble store. We’re still in the process of uploading ALL our designs, and as soon as we’re done, we’ll post a video here on the channel to announce how we will be choosing the lucky winner. Please stay tuned if you’re interested in getting free stuff ;) 

As all Filipinos know, it’s Election Day! So please join us in our transition into a new presidency, and our terrified, yet sincere hope for the future. We hope the best candidate (Leni Robredo) will win! 

And as always, thank you, we love you, and hanggang sa muli!

Happy May everyone!

We have a lot in the works we’re excited to share with you. If we could dedicate all our time to Hi Nay we would!

(but unfortunately… Day jobs)

That said, here’s a sneak peek for a fantastic piece by another amazing artist.

A portrait. But of who?

We hit 500 SUBSCRIBERS! So as a reward, we posted the bonus episode Remind Me To Tell You Later: Madre (Nun)

WATCH IT ON: 

• YOUTUBE
• PODBEAN

Enjoy the bonus content! More amazing content will be announced / released tomorrow during our Livestream, so please join us this Friday 8PM EST / Saturday 8AM PHT on our Youtube and Twitch.

That’s 4/29/2022 Toronto/New York time, and 4/30/2022 Philippine time. 

PLEASE REBLOG AND SHARE THIS POST so more people can enjoy the bonus episode! Also please note the content warnings on Youtube and Podbean. 

If you’re not sure if you want to get into the full Hi Nay experience yet, consider listening to our special standalone episodes, Remind Me To Tell You Later!

They’re vignettes of protagonist Mari’s experiences with Filipino horrors, and lean more heavily onto Philippine mythology and folklore. 

The first two episodes of RMTTYL are available in full! The latter two have their excerpts up on Youtube and Podbean, with full episodes exclusive to Patrons. 

If we get to 500 subscribers on Youtube by April 29, we’ll post the full third RMTTYL, Madre, to the public.

If you’re interested in learning about Filipino supernatural creatures, check out the RMTTYL special episodes! 

There’s a playlistof all episodes so far on Youtube. 

You can also find them on our Podbean! Please note the content warnings, and enjoy! 

️‍Happy Pride Month everyone! ️‍

All the love from the Hi Nay team, we hope this June is a great one.Art by the amazing @tsambolero of “Ang Jowa Kong Crosswise” fame! Supernatural romance is right up our alley Thanks for giving us such wonderful art for our main cast!

Made some Picrews of characters who have yet to have any official art in Hi Nay just for fun here’s DJ, CJ (why did nobody tell me they have such similar names!!!) and Evelyn Wai as designed in a character generator.

DJ In The Dark, our Toronto radio DJ turned in-universe podcaster who interviews people for their creepy stories. They are non-binary (they/them).

CJ or Claudette-Jean is an Elder who abandoned the order decades ago but who is still both immortal and able to do magic. Her lover, Mary-Anne Weekes created the “Good” foci which act in direct opposition to regular foci, which take their power from “fear-death”. She is a lesbian ciswoman.

Evelyn Wai is a college student ghost story enthusiast turned supernatural researcher. After being saved from a terrifying encounter at the University of Toronto, she ends up assisting the main cast with research in order to learn how to defend herself against the supernatural. She’s biromantic and demisexual.

Happy almost Pride Month everyone!

As requested from our Hi Nay discord server, I’ve compiled some of the songs I was listening that served as inspiration for characters, events and arcs in Hi Nay, in no particular order. 

.You can listen to the playlist here.

More details below: 

Bottom of the River byDelta Rae ~ “theme song” for Episode 20 - Siga, aka the Campfire Episode. This gave me a camping vibe with the added bonus of feeling like I wanted to add a scene where they sang around a campfire. Never ended up putting that into the episode, but the vibes for this are immaculate. 

Rule #21 - Momento Mori byFish In A Birdcage ~ I recently got fully obsessed with some of the songs by Fish In A Birdcage, a fantastic alternative indie band, many of whose songs you will find on this playlist. Momento Mori in particular was inspired by the Elders, specifically Giuliano Bartalotti, The Benefactor, and George Langford, all because of their proximity to death. 

EsmeraldabyAdriel Genet ~ Basically the theme song of the entire puppetmaster arc, specifically The Puppetmaster / The Doctor / Drosselmeyer. I was suprised that this was a lesser known song, it sounds like something that would have really blown up. Glad to hype it up here, it has the PERFECT vibe for this specific part of the story, especially in that it makes me imagine the ballet-loving Drosselmeyer dancing gracefully to the musical interlude. 

Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage byFish In A Birdcage~ The song the band apparently named itself after (or vice versa), Fish In A Birdcage is my favourite song as of 2022, and tops my On Repeat playlist. The song is truly perfect. The lyrics of the song specifically focus on the story of Mary-Anne Weekes, whose full story has yet to be told. In the story, so far, she is known as the “Good Elder” who created Good Foci, and was CJ’s lover. She was also the only member of the Ordo who was non-white (or non-white passing). Her locket protects Laura in Episode 3. 

We Forgot We Were Human byDirt Poor Robbins ~ An incredibly catchy song that I just enjoyed listening to during recent arcs, this particular song seems to illustrate the Elders quite nicely. No specific arc - this is just the Elders and their motivations, at least as we know them currently. 

The Haunted PhonographbyThoushaltnot, Seeming ~ No character in particular. I just thought this song was a fun one that matched the general vibe of Hi Nay, and the Foci being cursed objects. Somewhat connected to Mary-Anne for reasons that will later be revealed. May include a cursed phonograph in a future episode. Who knows? 

The Dismemberment Song byBlue Kid ~ The primary inspiration for the Cannibal pair of episodes - Episode 18 - Katay, and Episode 19 - Lamon. Her name, by the way, is Minerva The Cannibal. 

Sun Goes Down byDavid Jordan ~ Just how I imagine the theme song for a Hi Nay TV show would be. It’s poppy, but it also has the beat that reminds me of traditional dances in the Philippines. Also the lyrics feel like they would fit for a TV series about creepy things happening in a city. 

Rule #7 - Angel Tango byFish In A Birdcage ~ The lesson here is to listen to Fish In A Birdcage. Anyway, this song was inspired by the sort of thematic dance between The Puppetmaster and The Benefactor. It’s a little bit of both of their characters, in some ways. 

Rule #9 - Child Of The Stars byFish In A Birdcage ~ A song about Ashvin, the fake Guru Mahadev. He has a compelling history and I want to write more about him, though it doesn’t fit in the current plot. He’s been one of my favourite characters concept-wise, and I want to dedicate more to him as a character. 

I’ll be adding more songs to this playlist, maybe moving songs around. Hope you all enjoy! 

NEW EPISODE! Premiere starts in 30 minutes! 

COME JOIN US ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE PREMIERE at 9PM EST! 

Tonight’s episode is extra meaty. Almost an hour long! Hope y’all enjoy.