We all knew Ed Sheeran was going to have a cameo on Game of Thrones this season, we just didn’t know when. Maisie Williams is a huge Sheeran fan and the showrunners made her wish come true. Because who wants to piss off Arya Stark, right?! We were hoping he might end up slaughtered and perhaps brutally mutilated – this IS Game of Thrones, after all – but, we were just thinking out loud.
The internet was shocked when Sheeran’s sweet, infectious vocals suddenly serenaded all of us in the premiere episode, “Dragonstone.” And then there he was, in Lannister armor, eating a rabbit and singing the number one hit on the Westeros charts with his band in a forest. Okay, not an actual band, but a band of brothers in arms. They invited Arya to come and eat rabbit, too, because they had plenty and their moms taught them to be nice to strangers, and DID WE MENTION ED SHEERAN WAS THERE??!
In true Twitter form, Sheeran’s abrupt cameo came with mixed reception, and they are all hilarious. Let’s look at the best freak-outs together.
The moment you realized “Thinking Out Loud” was about Bran Stark
Only way to justify Ed Sheeran's #GameOfThrones cameo is for him to greet Bran with: "When your legs don't work like they used to before…"
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) July 17, 2017
At some point in the season I hope Ed Sheeran meets Bran and tells him "When your legs don't work like they used to before"
— Data Operator (@zabocados) July 17, 2017
It’s 2017 but Ed Sheeran is living in 304 AC
When Ed Sheeran's presence in #GoTS7 throws you off but the song he was singing is a bop. pic.twitter.com/KuGXzcueyP
— cowboy compton (@AKempChronicles) July 17, 2017
This is a show with dragons and I still can't believe that Ed Sheeran is currently on screen. #GameOfThrones
— Nivea Serrao (@NiveaSerrao) July 17, 2017
Ed Sheeran really outchea singing Top 100 in Westeros #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/RPnGKhBs06
— Coldest Winter Soldier Ever (@TatianaKing) July 17, 2017
Ed Sheeran and a man bun joke in a single #GameOfThrones episode is about as peak 2017 as it gets.
— menorah ephron 🕎✨ (@saraisswell) July 17, 2017
When Ed Sheeran’s voice is a part of who you are now
When you knew it was @edsheeran by the voice! #GameOfThones pic.twitter.com/mEPFvPRdLy
— James Kane (@jfkane3) July 17, 2017
Spotify is coming
Arya: "That's a pretty song."
Ed Sheeran: "It's a new one… off my brand new album, 'Divide,' in stores now!!!!"#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/nsAumXug7K— Zach Goins (@zach_goins) July 17, 2017
Girl:I've never heard that song
Ed: oh it's a new song…
off my new album ÷#GameofThrones7 #edsheeran pic.twitter.com/7jiMys3b2z— GOLDILOCKS (@JosephWAult) July 17, 2017
A Lannister always wins his Grammys
ED SHEERAN YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR THE WRONG SIDE pic.twitter.com/0LRAG97hJz
— Dylan Matthews (@theDMatthews) July 17, 2017
When the scene was over but Ed Sheeran was still alive
Ed Sheeran appearing on game of thrones but not being brutally disemboweled was very disappointing
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) July 17, 2017
If Arya doesn't burn Ed Sheeran he'll come back as a white walker and be playing Westeros Glastonbury for thousands of years. #GoTS7
— Zack Jones (@ZackJ0nes) July 17, 2017
Haters gon hate
I'm forced to listen to ed sheeran songs 67 times a day bc it's the only shit on the radio & now my #Gameofthrones isn't even a safe place.
— Stassi Schroeder Clark (@stassi) July 17, 2017
Ed Lannister got the last laugh
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