 The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel . The cover for her album Daydream is a cropped version of the single cover . Carey directed the music video for " Fantasy " , making it her directorial debut . Carey created the video 's concept and chose the filming location . After being disappointed with the final result in many of her previous videos , Carey decided to single handedly direct the video . The video showed Carey 's roller blading through an amusement park , singing and enjoying herself . Mid @-@ way through the video , Ol ' Dirty Bastard makes a cameo appearance as a clown . The video concludes with Carey dancing atop the sunroof of a car , with many others present and enjoying the music and celebration . 
