section_path: Reception
section_name: Reception
paragraph_text: Reception
  
  The track received negative reviews from critics, including outrage and condemnation due to its embrace of antisemitism and praise of Adolf Hitler.
  
  Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti from The Spectator described the lyrical content of "Heil Hitler" as "a crude litany of racial epithets, Nazi slogans, and sexual bragging", while disagreeing with supporters arguing the song is "an effort to 'confront' taboo or 'reclaim' pain", describing the song as representative of "the collapse of cultural seriousness, the triumph of provocation over principle, and the ascendance of a cult that trades in attention as currency, heedless of the cost to our collective dignity." The song went viral on social media; West's X upload received over 6.5 million views by May 10, while six YouTube uploads collectively received hundreds of thousands of views. NBC News wrote that "he continued spread of the song and the varying approaches to moderation exemplify an increasingly fractured environment online and on social media."
  
  Some publications argued that censorship of the song may increase its popularity, as well as infringe on freedom of speech, a sentiment echoed by public figures such as Joe Rogan and Russell Brand.
  
  Far-right political pundit Nick Fuentes, who is closely associated with West, described it as the "song of the year", and posted on X that the song "has been stuck in my head all week" and imagined "50,000 people in a stadium... singing every word."
  
  The track received negative reviews from critics, including outrage and condemnation due to its embrace of antisemitism and praise of Adolf Hitler.
  
  Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti from The Spectator described the lyrical content of "Heil Hitler" as "a crude litany of racial epithets, Nazi slogans, and sexual bragging", while disagreeing with supporters arguing the song is "an effort to 'confront' taboo or 'reclaim' pain", describing the song as representative of "the collapse of cultural seriousness, the triumph of provocation over principle, and the ascendance of a cult that trades in attention as currency, heedless of the cost to our collective dignity." The song went viral on social media; West's X upload received over 6.5 million views by May 10, while six YouTube uploads collectively received hundreds of thousands of views. NBC News wrote that "he continued spread of the song and the varying approaches to moderation exemplify an increasingly fractured environment online and on social media."
  
  Some publications argued that censorship of the song may increase its popularity, as well as infringe on freedom of speech, a sentiment echoed by public figures such as Joe Rogan and Russell Brand.
  
  Far-right political pundit Nick Fuentes, who is closely associated with West, described it as the "song of the year", and posted on X that the song "has been stuck in my head all week" and imagined "50,000 people in a stadium... singing every word."