Kanye West released a song titled "Heil Hitler" in 2025.

Posted by Behind the Bastards, Oct 3, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictTrue

Sources: 9 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 97%

Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026

Multiple tier-1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) report that Kanye West, now known as Ye, released a song titled "Heil Hitler" in May 2025, with the music video dated May 8, 2025. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's "that I guess came out in 20 25" and adds nothing beyond it.

What was said

… the fact that Kanye West can perform freely, and Kanye West is pretty openly and he said that, yeah, this is a sort of a not even really a side note, but Kanye West performed multiple times at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa at the end of June, and, you know, while the Set list FM doesn't say that he performed his song "Heil Hitler," that I guess came out in 20 25 it's hard to believe where we're at sometimes but it's the the the open hypocrisy of that is just, ah, astounding. But, well, it's never been about anti-Semitism, right? …

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What we found

Supports. AP reports that Ye "released his single 'Heil Hitler'" and that the song was released in May, per a government minister's statement dated July 2, 2025.[1]

Supports. BBC reports the music video for "Heil Hitler" was released on 8 May and that the song was released in early May, as part of the album WW3.[3][4]

Supports. Reuters reports Ye released the track "Heil Hitler" on social media and streaming platforms in May 2025.[2]

Supports. Contemporaneous coverage from AFP, LA Times, Times of Israel and The New Yorker dates the release to May 8, 2025, and reports West's own post announcing the song.[5][6][7][8][9]

Sources

9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 1, 5 not rated

1Australia cancels rapper Ye's visa over 'Heil Hitler' releaseapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
2Australia cancels rapper Ye's visa over 'Heil Hitler' songreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
3Kanye West blocked from entering Australia over Hitler song - BBCbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports
4Kanye West blocked from entering Australia over Hitler songbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
5Heil Hitler (song) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
6Kanye West's pro-Hitler song gets millions of views on Xphilstar.com · not rated · cited for: supports
7Kanye Gave Twitter an Exclusive Hit Singlenewyorker.com · not rated · cited for: supports
8Ye claims streamers banned his new single 'Heil Hitler' - LA Timeslatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
9Self-described Nazi rapper Kanye West releases new song ...timesofisrael.com · not rated · cited for: supports

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