Mýa sat down with her Billboard doppelgänger, Heran Mamo, and opened up about her album anniversaries, love for Jamaica and dancehall, the lessons she’s learned throughout the years and more!
Heran Mamo:
I get told often that I look like you from, like, artists I interview to, like, random people at events.
Mýa:
Oh my goodness! This is so on point, I thought that was me.
Hey, I’m Mýa, and you’re watching Billboard News!
Heran Mamo:
Well, thank you so much for coming today! I’m super excited to interview you!
Mýa:
Thank you for having me! Excited to be here!
Heran Mamo:
I have to congratulate you first because you’ve spent 25 incredible years in the music industry, and I’m curious: What is the biggest lesson and the biggest blessing of it all?
Mýa:
The biggest blessing — I’ll start there — is to, of course, help others to be in a position to. Traveling is always beautiful, experiencing new places, cultures, food. I’m a foodie. Lessons … you know to remain a student — that’s the biggest one because there’s always something to learn, a position to learn, a new skill set to learn for anything in life, and staying humble will keep you a student and then eventually a master so you can help others. Yeah.
Heran Mamo:
I think you were recently in Jamaica, right? For the music video for your new single “Whine” with Bounty Killer. Tell me about that new single.
Mýa:
Funny story is I had a solo version of the video shot two years prior to reaching out to Bounty Killer and I’ve always wanted a feature on that record. And so we went back down to Jamaica two years later and you know, to the same location and put Bounty Killer in the video, inserted him, and it all looks cohesive now.
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