Mýa on Self-Love, Independence & Reinvention
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Wondery
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Keke sits down with the Grammy winner to talk “Ghetto Superstar,” “Case of the Ex,” “My Love Is Like…Wo,” her new album Retrospect, and the story behind her last-minute tour with Brandy and Monica. Mýa also reflects on how Prince inspired her creatively and influenced her journey toward becoming an independent artist and what she says to anyone claiming she “fell off.” Plus, Mýa and Keke get real about self-love, relationships, and redefining happily ever after.
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| 0:00.0 | I've been a fan of my next guest for as long as I can remember. She's R&B royalty, a Grammy |
| 0:06.2 | award-winning artist who has been part of the soundtrack to our lives for nearly three decades. |
| 0:11.5 | From stepping into the game as a teenager to giving us iconic hits like Case of the X and Lady |
| 0:16.8 | Marmalade, she has built a career that is global, intentional, and fully on her own terms. |
| 0:23.1 | Now, she's back with her upcoming 10th studio album, Retrospect, and the single ASAP. |
| 0:30.1 | Maya Militia, get ready. Because baby, this is Kiki Palmer. |
| 0:35.5 | No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, couple Amazon music, sit back and listen. |
| 0:40.3 | Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money always involved. |
| 0:44.3 | No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. |
| 0:46.3 | Nothing else will do but kick it with the homies and kids. |
| 0:49.3 | So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only one is your girls. Baby, this, this is Kiki. |
| 0:57.0 | Baby, this is Kiki Poma, yeah. |
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| 1:14.2 | and trust they are giving everything. |
| 1:17.3 | Now, let's get in today's show. |
| 1:21.6 | Maya! |
| 1:22.9 | Kiki! |
| 1:23.8 | Girl, I'm so happy to have you on the show. |
| 1:26.8 | It's a long time coming. I am so happy to be here. I'm so proud of you. Thank you. That means so much coming from you. It really, really does. So talented. So amazing. Oh, my gosh. So amazing since day one. Thank you. Well, you know, we always have everybody that comes through the show does the pre-show pull-ups. So I was excited, guys, because usually when people do these pre-show pull-ups, I'm not saying nobody. But I can't read the chicken scratch that they'd be writing. But Ms. Girl over here, it's very legible. It's clear, okay, because I can actually read what it said. So, Zodiac sign, I already knew this, Libra, period. and Libra aesthetic, you know, you always give it a look. I feel like Libras are known for that. |
| 2:04.6 | Do you feel like Libraras are known for that. Do you feel very close to your sign? Absolutely. You know, I was on chat GPT this morning trying to figure all of this out. I think you're about to bring up. And, you know, it does a deep dive. It does. It can tell you the moon. Do you know your moon? |
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