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) lauding "Fear of Flying" as a new golden age for R&B whilst citing, her vocal performance, noting, "Her lightly melismatic vocals suited these rhythmically tricksy tales, capturing perfectly the highly charged sadness of a dead affair." Notes Fear of Flying (album) Fear of Flying is the second studio album by American singer Mýa. It is the follow-up to her critical and commercially successful debut "Mýa" (1998) and was released by University Music Entertainment and Interscope Records on April 25, 2000 in the United States. Assembled by her label, recording sessions began as early as September 1999 and concluded March 2000.