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) the album's 18 tracks were co-written by Mýa, with "Vibe" magazine noting in an article that "Mýa tackles difficult melodic and rhythmic twists without ditching a nice conversational tone." "Fear of Flying" opens with "Case of the Ex", a song structured around producer Tricky Stewart's "driving, Beethoven-meets-Timbaland" chord changes, where Mýa expresses distrust in her lover. It is followed by the "dramatic" "Ride & Shake", which was compared to the work of Whitney Houston. The dance-oriented "Pussycats" served as the album's fourth track and is a nursery rhyme-influenced song produced by Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis. The album's "combative" sixth