Here’s How Fans Are Reacting to Ye’s Surprise ‘Bully’ Album Short Film: ‘That S–t Sounded Nuts’
Written by djfrosty on March 19, 2025
Ye (formerly Kanye West) surprised fans with the leaked release of his Bully album early Wednesday (March 19), which became available on a file-sharing app through a short film directed by the rapper himself.
The 30-minute wrestling-themed flick was edited by rap video dignitary Hype Williams and stars Ye’s eldest son, Saint West.
There are 11 tracks showcased in total, including previously teased records such as the Kden Drip-sampling “Preacher Man,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Highs and Lows” and “Close to You.” Playboi Carti and Ty Dolla $ign are the lone features on the album closer “Melrose.”
The project drew a polarizing reaction due to Ye’s antisemitic tirades and hate speech, as well as his support for Diddy and since-deleted attacks on Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s children. Others were willing to overlook his recent behavior and enjoyed the project, as he recalled some of his 2000s brilliance chopping up soul samples and themes from 808s & Heartbreak.
“Of course BULLY is sonically the greatest s–t Kanye has worked on in years lmao,” one person wrote to X. “This clown is so annoying dawg.”
Another replied, “I will never listen to his crap let alone support it. You don’t have to intentionally hurt folks to promote your music. Time out for rewarding bad behavior.”
Don’t expect the project to land on streaming services anytime soon. “I may stop using DSPs cause streams are fake and the French and Jewish record labels treat artists like prostitutes,” he wrote.
However, it appears West will be turning his focus to his next solo effort, which looks to be Donda 2 — a sequel to his 2021 album named after his late mother.
Find more fan reactions to Bully below.
Bully is deadass some of the best music I’ve heard in years
— BULLY (@WORLDMUS1C_0001) March 19, 2025
Bully captures a unique sense of pain and desolation. It hurts. It has a sound I can only describe as ‘cold’. I really loved it, even if it’s not finished
— RISING (@DaveTrent9) March 19, 2025
Ye is a sicko cause the vibe and sound on Bully is like old Kanye across the ages
— 950CHΞF (@950REV) March 19, 2025
Kanye West just randomly dropped Bully and now about to drop Donda 2
This is the most Ye thing ever
— IBashar (@CurtisBashar) March 19, 2025
Man he says he beats women and made fun of children with Down syndrome for the whole world to see who cares about “bully” it ain’t even funny
— Jamal Cristopher (@JamCristopher) March 19, 2025
Kanye played the role of the “BULLY” to rile everybody up…and then drop the album and show that he still got it.
Whatever nigga..lol
— Busby 🏁 (@MrBusby4o8) March 19, 2025
Kanye really just crashed out for a full 14 hours then dropped bully on twitter he’s really just one of the goats fr
— FireLord Jah (@jahislost) March 19, 2025
Bully is the best album Kanye worked on in years since Donda, and but this nutcase wanna continue sinking his own legacy smh I hate it here
— Anthony🇹🇹 (@theStoryofArose) March 19, 2025
I haven’t even heard bully yet but kanye can do anything and people gonna listen
— leroy X (@EverydayGrails) March 19, 2025
I really wish Kanye was a genuinely good person like I used to listen to his music so much more than now cause it helped me and shit and now I can’t because of the Twitter shit
— Nate ocean (@Itsnate_ocean) March 19, 2025
People who said Bully was bad were lying straight out of their asses. If Kanye actually replaces the AI verses like he said he will and gets these samples cleared it’s easily one of his better projects, laps the last 4-5 years of his works by far
— ✌🏾 (@8007Myth) March 19, 2025
i cant believe kanye is really doing this to his legacy
— 🐞 (@hellaFLY) March 19, 2025