Kelly's three-year relationship with Latin singer Luis Miguel has ended. Carey suffered a physical and mental breakdown. She began posting disturbing information on her website and acting erratically at live promotional events. She made a surprise appearance on the show on the same day. As show host Carson Daly began taping after a commercial break, Kelly walked out pushing an ice cream truck wearing an oversized men's shirt and began a striptease showing off a skin-tight suit. she posted an erratic voice note on her website I'm trying to make sense of things in life right now so I really don't feel like I should be making music right now.
What I want to do all I do is take a break or at least get a night's Faroe Islands Email List sleep without anyone popping up about the video all I really want is to be myself and that's who I should be in the first place. Not to say so much but guess what I can't take care of myself. Kelly's representative, Cindy Berger, commented after the messages were quickly deleted that Kelly was clearly exhausted and not thinking clearly when she posted the letters. While performing on a world tour, Carey was hospitalized due to exhaustion and a physical and emotional breakdown.

She was taken to a hospital in Connecticut where she remained under the care of doctors for two weeks and then was kept out of public view for an extended period of time. Virgin Records and 20th Century Fox delayed the release of its soundtrack. Critics panned The Flash and its soundtrack; both were commercially unsuccessful. The soundtrack became Carey's lowest-selling album at the time. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch dismissed it as a mess that would become an annoying blemish on her career. She attributed the poor performance to her mental state and the delayed release of the soundtrack.