--- title: This 'Game of Thrones' Star's Uber DJed With the Theme Song description: Actor Jacob Anderson, who plays Grey Worm on 'Game of Thrones, had to deal with an Uber ride soundtracked by the show's theme song. canonical: https://time.com/5400828/grey-worm-uber/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-19T17:13:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:32:17.000Z og:title: Game of Thrones' Grey Worm Takes Uber Ride to the Show's Music og:description: The actor who plays Grey Worm had an awkward ride, thanks to the Thrones theme og:url: https://time.com/5400828/grey-worm-uber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Grey Worm Takes Uber Ride to the Show's Music twitter:description: The actor who plays Grey Worm had an awkward ride, thanks to the Thrones theme twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Grey Worm Just Can't Take an Uber Ride Without the _Game of Thrones_ Theme Music Playing > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:32 PM UTCPublished: Sep 19, 2018 5:13 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:32 PM UTCPublished: Sep 19, 2018 5:13 PM UTC It’s been a good week for the [stars and makers](http://time.com/5398460/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-red-carpet/) of _Game of Thrones_, whose hit HBO series just won a slew of [Emmy Awards](http://time.com/5399016/emmys-2018-recap/) on Monday night, including Best Drama. But for actor [Jacob Anderson](http://time.com/5355349/game-of-thrones-raleigh-ritchie-interview/) — who plays [Daenerys Targaryen](http://time.com/5268892/emilia-clarke-met-gala-2018/)‘s loyal military commander Grey Worm — there are some downsides. During a recent Uber ride, Anderson found his drive soundtracked by the dulcet tones of the _Game of Thrones_ theme music. In an e-mail to TIME, a spokesperson for the artist/actor-musician confirmed “what you see on the video is exactly what happened!” Was it a conscious choice by the driver to DJ for Anderson with that specific music, recognizing his role? Or did the driver simply love cruising around to the heightened drama of the _Thrones_ score, regardless of passenger? The answer remains unclear. But Anderson took the time to upload a video of himself, ostensibly alone in the darkened backseat, listening to the theatrical composition and looking bemused. “I bet your Uber journey wasn’t as awkward as mine,” he added. The _Thrones_ music is critically-acclaimed in its own right; composer [Ramin Djawadi](http://time.com/4443628/game-of-thrones-concert-tour-ramin-djawadi/) just won a Creative Arts Emmy for his work on the final episode of the seventh season, adding to the overall _Thrones_ awards haul this year. The driver might have had a better chance at getting five stars from Anderson, however, if he played the actor’s own music. He releases hip-hop tinged R&B under the name [Raleigh Ritchie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB30oo2YYf4), and will be putting out a new album soon. “It’s easier to put me in a box, saying ‘Oh you do this thing, you do that thing, and something has to take priority,'” he [told TIME in August](http://time.com/5355349/game-of-thrones-raleigh-ritchie-interview/) about his multiple creative pursuits. “But I’ve never found it difficult; I just want to do the things I love.” Note to future Uber drivers for Anderson: one thing he does _not_ love is being pandered to with the _Thrones_ theme. > [](https://twitter.com/RaleighRitchie/status/1042246171991916545) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5400828/grey-worm-uber/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5400828/grey-worm-uber/"},"headline":"Grey Worm Just Can't Take an Uber Ride Without the Game of Thrones Theme Music Playing","datePublished":"2018-09-19T17:13:25.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:32:17.000Z","description":"Actor Jacob Anderson, who plays Grey Worm on 'Game of Thrones, had to deal with an Uber ride soundtracked by the show's theme song.","url":"https://time.com/5400828/grey-worm-uber/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/5400828/grey-worm-uber/","name":"Grey Worm Just Can't Take an Uber Ride Without the Game of Thrones Theme Music Playing"}}]}] ```