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) 8, 2001 in Germany. The United Kingdom issue contained an early version of "Whatever Bitch" which would later be featured on her third studio album "Moodring" (2003), while the Australian August 21, 2001 release contained "Girls Like That" and "Telephone Games." In support of album, Interscope Records released three singles from "Fear of Flying". Initially, before "The Best of Me" was chosen as the lead single, Mýa considered the reggae influenced "Lie Detector" as her next single. Originally expected to be recorded by rapper DMX in a Miami recording session with Swizz, the instrumental of the song was left unused