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) and wrote: "Mýa demonstrates enough sass to suggest a sunny future." "Vibe" stated, that "the starlet has decided to show off her range [...] as if she and her top-notch producers attempted to wipe out the competition by transforming Mýa into each of her rivals in turn [...] a grand tour through the ever-changing moods of female adolescence". In the United States, "Fear of Flying" debuted at number 15 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart and at number seven on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first-week sales of 72,000 units sold. At the time, "Fear of Flying" was her