Due to the lyrical content and the stylizations of the title, some media publications interpreted "Thank You Aimee" as a diss track towards Kim Kardashian or Kanye West.
"Thank You Aimee" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Global 200 and charted in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and the United States.
Two hours after release, she surprise-released fifteen more tracks as a double album titled The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, which included the song "Thank You Aimee".
[4] On August 15, 2024, this live performance was made available for download as part of a limited-time edition of The Tortured Poets Department available via Swift's online store.
[7][15][16] The limited-time acoustic version's title has capitalized letters spelling "Ye", leading to interpretations that the track was also targeted at the rapper Kanye West.