Fear of Flying (album) Mýa recorded by the same name — not from Erica Jong's 1973 novel of the same name. During an interview with "Billboard", which discussed the name, Mýa noted that while she had not been aware of the book, she later "started reading it and noticed a lot of similarities: ""Fear of Flying" is a metaphor for the ups and downs of life. It's about handling things like an adult, knowing you must have faith to make anything happen." Interscope hired photographer and director David LaChapelle to shoot the images for the album's packaging. While she admired the work of Dave
Fear of Flying (album) travel to exotic sites for a series of acoustic concerts. She performed acoustic rendition of her songs while in Sicily, performing a set comprising her songs "Free", "Ghetto Superstar", "I'll Be There", "Movin' On", "Sweet Thing", "The Best of Me", among others. Her episode aired on December 20, 2001. Approximately, seven months later on November 7, 2000, Interscope issued a re-release of "Fear of Flying" with a revised tracklisting which featured third single, "Free" and a new track called "Again & Again". The re-release issue of "Fear of Flying" was released 19 February, 2001 in the United Kingdom and May