{"id":188522,"date":"2025-10-09T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188522\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:14:07","slug":"mya-clears-the-air-on-lady-marmalade-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188522\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fda Clears the Air on ‘Lady Marmalade’ Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve ever heard the whispers about the \u201cLady Marmalade\u201d music video, you probably know the story. Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil\u2019 Kim, and M\u00fda, four powerhouse singers in one video, and the rumors practically wrote themselves: catfights, diva drama, and tension so thick you could cut it with a feather boa.<\/p>\n

But according to M\u00fda, that\u2019s just not how it went down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally never witnessed any catfights, nothing,\u201d M\u00fda shared with PEOPLE <\/a>during an interview. \u201cWhatever was supposedly going on, I had no eyes. I had no ears to even have a clue \u2014 that’s if it existed at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pink, Christina, and the Rumor Mill<\/p>\n

For years, most of the drama chatter has circled around Christina Aguilera and Pink. Aguilera, now 44, shut that down in a 2021 Cosmopolitan <\/a>interview. \u201cThere was no drama whatsoever when all of us were on that stage together,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just all got into our zones, our own zones, our own place as artists. We were all super professional. I think the overall goal was to go big or go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pink has been more blunt about her experience, once admitting the shoot was her \u201cleast favorite\u201d because of \u201csome annoying things happening.\u201d But even she has made it clear that time heals all wounds. \u201cTo Christina \u2014 you know where we stand,\u201d she wrote on Instagram in 2023. \u201cResolved. Onwards and upwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recording the Hit<\/p>\n

While the \u201cLady Marmalade\u201d video is remembered for corsets, feathers, and flashy choreography, the recording process was surprisingly separate. \u201cWe all got it done,\u201d M\u00fda explained. \u201cWe walked in the studio. We laid backgrounds. We did our leads in separate sessions. I think everyone had a schedule and was on tour and doing things at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

M\u00fda revealed she was the first to step into the booth. \u201cI went first because nobody wanted to volunteer, and I’m pretty shy, but none of us were raising our hands. So I just jumped in. I said, \u2018I’ll go first.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking Back, Moving Forward<\/p>\n

These days, M\u00fda is celebrating another big milestone: the 25th anniversary of her album Fear of Flying and its breakout hit \u201cCase of the Ex.\u201d She\u2019s also turning the page with new music. Her latest single, \u201cFace to Face,\u201d comes with a video that shows her reflecting on her past while embracing the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted everyone to see themselves in different stages and, literally, give permission or inspire people to look within, but also, at different versions of themselves because that’s what life is all about,\u201d she told PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She describes the track as both soulful and confident. \u201c\u2018Face to Face\u2019 is a very, very high vibrational record. It’s all about self-reflection, introspection, healing, but also reassurance. It’s a spiritual song, even though it has a bit of swag. I call it my spiritual flex song.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her own words, it is about \u201clooking at yourself with accountability and doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

From Feathers to Future<\/p>\n

So while the internet may never stop spinning stories about corsets and diva drama, M\u00fda\u2019s memories paint a different picture: four artists coming together, laughing over Mexican food, learning tough choreography, and delivering one of the most unforgettable music videos of the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

And with her eyes on the future, M\u00fda proves she is still the same artist who once volunteered to go first, ready to take on whatever comes next.<\/p>\n

Kayla is the midday host on Detroit\u2019s 105.1 The Bounce. She started her career in radio back in 2016 as an intern at another Detroit station and worked her way here. She’s made stops in Knoxville, TN, Omaha, Ne and other places before returning to Detroit. She\u2019s done almost everything in radio from promotions to web, creating content on social media, you name it.
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\nShe\u2019s a true Michigander, born and raised. So, you can catch her camping or vacationing up north to exploring the downtown Detroit or maybe even catching a sports game. During her free time, Kayla enjoys watching movies, roller-skating, crafting, and music festivals. She and her husband together dip into many of the great things Michigan has to offer. Together they also like to travel.
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\nA few hobbies of hers include wine and beer tastings, crafting, hiking, roller skating, movies, home improvement projects, gardening, and festivals. She\u2019s always looking to take on more local events happening in the community.
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\nShe loves connecting with the community. When writing, Kayla covers topics including lifestyle, pop culture, trending stories, hacks, and urban culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve ever heard the whispers about the \u201cLady Marmalade\u201d music video, you probably know the story. Christina…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,82943,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-188522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-mya","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}