We knew that Ed Sheeran would be making an appearance in the new season of Game of Thrones. What we didn’t know was that it would happen right in the first episode. We heard Sheeran before we saw him; the singer played a red-cloaked Lannister soldier singing by the side of the road, seated with some other armored fellows around a campfire.
To be honest, the song was pretty good. The refrain was very lads-at-war: “Hands of gold are always cold / but a woman’s hands are warm.” So, pretty much the Westeros version of “Put that body on me.” Arya seemed to like it, which is good since Maisie Williams is a big Sheeran fan in real life.
While there have been quite a few celebrity cameos in Game of Thrones, this is probably one of the biggest so far. And Twitter had a lot of fun with it:
Ed Sheeran appearing on game of thrones but not being brutally disemboweled was very disappointing
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) July 17, 2017
Top Three Characters I've wanted to see murdered on Game of Thrones
3. Joffrey
2. Ramsey
1. Ed Sheeran— Ol' QWERTY Bastard (@TheDiLLon1) July 17, 2017
If Arya kills Ed Sheeran this will be the best Game of Thrones ever
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) July 17, 2017
I don't even watch Game Of Thrones but still mad Ed Sheeran ruined it.
— KB (@KaraRBrown) July 17, 2017
#GoTS7 way to go @edsheeran offering the rabbit pic.twitter.com/wruTDLUNdG
— CarrieWicklund (@carrie_wicklund) July 17, 2017
game of thrones: we're a prestige show pls take us seriously
game of thrones: here's arya eating a squirrel next to ed sheeran— tori (2017) (@grinchhands) July 17, 2017
When @edsheeran randomly appears in the first episode of #GameOfThones pic.twitter.com/9kvJ8D3gXf
— claud (@Claudiakhogan) July 17, 2017
Arya: That's a pretty song. I've never heard it before.
Ed Sheeran: It's new. Buy my album ÷ on iTunes #GameOfThrones #GoTS7— Salim Stark (@SalimAlSamar) July 17, 2017
did no one die in that episode? all i can remember is ed sheeran
— alyssa bereznak (@alyssabereznak) July 17, 2017
