Mya - Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)

What this video is

Released July 11, 2000 as the second single from Mya's sophomore album Fear of Flying (Interscope Records), 'Case of the Ex' arrived at the precise inflection point of millennial R&B's commercial apex. The track, produced by Tricky Stewart, became Mya's breakthrough hit, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and topping the Australian ARIA Singles Chart for two weeks in March…

Why it matters

A landmark text in early-2000s pop-R&B visual production, 'Case of the Ex' codified the desert-spectacle choreography format, merging post-apocalyptic set design with tight formation dance and a female-sovereign narrative frame. Its chart performance and visual vocabulary cemented both Mya's…

The director

Diane Martel (May 7, 1962 – September 18, 2025) was a Brooklyn-born music video director and former choreographer. A high school dropout, she began her career in street art and dance before directing her first music video, Onyx's 'Throw Ya Gunz,' in 1992.…