Mýa Addresses Rumors of 'Catfights' on 'Lady Marmalade' Music Video Shoot with Christina Aguilera, Pink and Lil' Kim (Exclusive)

Mýa is addressing longstanding rumors of “catfights” breaking retired during nan filming of nan euphony video for “Lady Marmalade” pinch Christina Aguilera, Pink and Lil' Kim.

In an question and reply pinch PEOPLE, nan Grammy-winning singer, 45, shares that her representation of making nan video successful 2001 doesn’t lucifer established narratives of hostility among nan different “bada-- chicks from nan Moulin Rouge.”

“I personally ne'er witnessed immoderate catfights, nothing,” says Mýa, who precocious released a euphony video for her caller azygous “Face to Face.”

“Whatever was supposedly going on, I had nary eyes,” she adds. “I had nary ears to moreover person a hint — that's if it existed astatine all.” 

Rumors of hostility connected nan group of the “Lady Marmalade” video person almost ever centered connected Pink and Aguilera. Aguilera, 44, has denied nan speculation. “There was nary play whatsoever erstwhile each of america were connected that shape together,” she told Cosmopolitan successful 2021. “We conscionable each sewage into our zones, our ain zones, our ain spot arsenic artists. We were each ace professional. I deliberation nan wide extremity was to spell large aliases spell home.”

For her part, Pink, 46 has said “Lady Marmalade” was her “least favorite” euphony video to movie because of “some annoying things happening” nan time of nan shoot, but she has besides made it clear that she and Aguilera clasp nary sick will towards each different today. "To Christina — you cognize wherever we stand,” she wrote connected Instagram successful 2023. “Resolved. Onwards and upwards.”

Of signaling nan Patti LaBelle screen featured successful Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie “Moulin Rouge,” Mýa says, “We each sewage it done. We walked successful nan studio. We laid backgrounds. We did our leads successful abstracted sessions. I deliberation everyone had a schedule and was connected circuit and doing things astatine nan time.”

The multi-hyphenate continues, “I went first because cipher wanted to volunteer, and I'm beautiful shy, but nary of america were raising our hands. So I conscionable jumped in. I said, ‘I'll spell first.’” 

Though Mýa says she and Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Pink recorded their vocals separately, they each came together to rehearse nan euphony video.

The 4 women “got successful nan workplace pinch Tina Landon, choreographer extraordinaire” and “learned nan choreography successful these characteristic modes,” nan “Case of nan Ex” vocalist remembers. “We were playing characters,” she says. 

“It was bully vibes,” she recalls. “We benignant of goofed astir successful rehearsals sometimes while [we were] learning each this reliable stuff.”

Mýa besides remembers that during rehearsals she and nan different women went retired for “a small luncheon break successful betwixt this ace sexy choreography.”

“In nan midst of creation rehearsals, we're learning each this choreography wrong a very short play of time, and of people successful creation rehearsals, you're doing things complete and complete and complete again truthful that your assemblage tin sorb it and retrieve it,” she tells PEOPLE. 

In request of “nourishment,” Mýa says they each went retired to a Mexican restaurant. “It was really cool, campy, chill vibes,” she says. “We sat location to eat and conscionable hung out. It was nosy to get that one-on-one individual clip extracurricular of conscionable work.” 

She adds, “So I really retrieve and cherish that moment.”

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Of nan anticipation of a “Lady Marmalade” reunion successful 2026 for nan song’s 25th anniversary, Mýa says, "All I tin opportunity is fingers crossed. That's each I tin springiness you."

Mýa is presently celebrating different 25th anniversary: nan 25th day of her seminal medium “Fear of Flying” and its breakout deed “Case of nan Ex.” 

In nan euphony video for her caller song, “Face to Face,” nan vocalist looks backmost connected her past while besides looking guardant to her future. 

“I wanted everyone to spot themselves successful different stages and, literally, springiness support aliases animate group to look within, but also, astatine different versions of themselves because that's what life is each about,” Mýa tells PEOPLE. She adds that nan video is besides astir “moving guardant to nan adjacent measurement successful nan adjacent level aliases phase” of life. 

“‘Face to Face’ is simply a very, very precocious vibrational record,” Mýa shares. “It's each astir self-reflection, introspection, healing, but besides reassurance. It's a belief song, moreover though it has a spot of swag. I telephone it my belief flex song.”

She adds that nan opus is "about looking astatine yourself pinch accountability and doing nan work."