"Ye" won Song of the Year and Listener's Choice at the 2019 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.
[3] Phantom created the beat for "Ye" in less than two hours, combining together a kick, piano synths and a few snares.
[4] "Ye" saw a 200 percent spike in its streaming numbers after searches for Kanye West's album of the same name unintentionally caused listeners to stumbled upon it.
[6] In an email to The Fader magazine, Burna Boy said the video "essentially shows the unrelenting nature of Nigerians".
[7] A writer for The Native magazine said "Ye" is being viewed as a new anthem because it "embraces the anathema of every self-interest seeking seemingly good-natured Nigerian.