--- title: Game of Thrones: Sophie Turner Says Sansa Is a Beyoncé Fan description: If Sansa Stark had time to explore her taste in music in the world of Game of Thrones, Sophie Turner seems certain she'd be a Beyoncé fan. canonical: https://time.com/4887606/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-beyonce-fan/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-04T16:40:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:10.533Z og:title: Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner Says Sansa Would Definitely Be a Beyoncé Fan og:description: "Who run the world?" og:url: https://time.com/4887606/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-beyonce-fan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd231062db921c838/6988d832196cf44b980414ab/game-of-thrones-spoils-od-war-sansa-stark-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-sansa-stark-10 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner Says Sansa Would Definitely Be a Beyoncé Fan twitter:description: "Who run the world?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd231062db921c838/6988d832196cf44b980414ab/game-of-thrones-spoils-od-war-sansa-stark-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_' Sophie Turner Says Sansa Stark Would Definitely Be a Beyoncé Fan > Sponsored content. 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But if [Sansa Stark](http://time.com/4862477/game-of-thrones-premiere-sansa-stark-hair-clue/) had time to explore her taste in music, [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/4869198/game-of-thrones-comic-con-sophie-turner-sansa-jon-snow/) seems certain she’d be a Beyoncé fan. During an interview with [Mashable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFJEIk7u2dc) at the HBO drama’s season seven premiere, the 21-year-old actor was asked about who would be on her character’s iPod. “I think some Beyoncé for sure,” she replied. “Like, ‘Run the World (Girls).'” She then threw in a good option for Sansa’s more emotional moments, adding, “And I think some Coldplay because she goes through some dark times, so she just wants to cry a bit.” Other _Thrones_ stars, including Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm) and Aidan Gillen (Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish), also took some time out of the big night to weigh in on their characters’ musical preferences. **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** Watch the video below. “The Spoils of War,” the fourth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ seventh season, airs Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4887606/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-beyonce-fan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4887606/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-beyonce-fan/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner Says Sansa Stark Would Definitely Be a Beyoncé Fan","datePublished":"2017-08-04T16:40:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:10.533Z","description":"\"Who run the world?\"","url":"https://time.com/4887606/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-beyonce-fan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd231062db921c838/6988d832196cf44b980414ab/game-of-thrones-spoils-od-war-sansa-stark-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd231062db921c838/6988d832196cf44b980414ab/game-of-thrones-spoils-od-war-sansa-stark-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-sansa-stark-10","caption":"","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4887606/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-beyonce-fan/","name":"Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner Says Sansa Stark Would Definitely Be a Beyoncé Fan"}}]}] ```