the lead single from the album, "honey", was notable for pushing carey further towards hip hop and r&b than before. the music video gained further attention, as carey, for the first time in her career, was provocatively dressed, giving viewers a "taste of the freer mariah." the puerto rico-filmed video's concept was created by carey with paul hunter filling in as the director. featuring a james bond theme, carey was a "very sexy agent m", in the words of nickson, who escapes a large mansion in which she has been held captive. carey said of the video: "i don't really think the video is overtly sexual, but for me—i mean people used to think i was the nineties version of mary poppins!"