{"id":2000123003,"date":"2026-08-18T17:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000123003"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:52:42","slug":"the-ben-breaks-meddys-record-as-inshallah-reaches-one-million-youtube-views-in-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/the-ben-breaks-meddys-record-as-inshallah-reaches-one-million-youtube-views-in-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ben breaks Meddy\u2019s record as \u2018Inshallah\u2019 reaches one million YouTube views in 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ben made the remarks in an interview with IGIHE after Inshallah broke the record for the fastest song by a Rwandan artist to surpass one million YouTube views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt induces pride to me and the people I work with. I don\u2019t think there is an artist who would not be happy to release a song and see people enjoying it,\u201d The Ben said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn the other hand, it is a sign that Rwandans love the music produced by their artists. This gives us even more motivation to work harder. I consider this a debt, and I will repay it by giving people more great music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inshallah was released on August 15, 2026, and quickly attracted attention from music fans. Within 48 hours, its music video had surpassed one million views on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The achievement saw The Ben overtake a record previously held by fellow Rwandan singer Meddy, whose song My Vow had reached one million views within 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The milestone comes as The Ben faces growing expectations from his fans, many of whom have previously criticised him for taking too long to release new music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The singer, however, used the occasion to assure his fans that more projects are on the way, suggesting that they should expect a change in how frequently he releases music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the response to Inshallah had further strengthened his determination to keep creating and give his audience more songs to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ben - Inshallah (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qe-_lQ1jQJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1090\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/tiger_rockx_rw_-f2a00.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000123006\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rwandan singer The Ben has said the success of his latest song, Inshallah, is a sign of the strong support Rwandans have for local music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan singer The Ben has said the success of his latest song, Inshallah, is a sign of the strong support Rwandans have for local music, adding that the achievement has given him a \u201cdebt\u201d he intends to repay through more music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000123008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000123003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000123008,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/thryyuuio.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":659,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/thryyuuio.jpg","width":1000,"height":659},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/thryyuuio.jpg","width":1000,"height":659},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/thryyuuio.jpg","width":1000,"height":659},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/thryyuuio.jpg","width":1000,"height":659},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/thryyuuio.jpg","width":1000,"height":659}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000123003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000123009,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123003\/revisions\/2000123009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000123008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000123003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000123003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000123003"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000123003"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000123003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}