--- title: T-Pain, Jimmy Kimmel Excited for Game of Thrones Season 8 description: No one is more excited for the return of Game of Thrones than super fan and avid live-tweeter T-Pain and fellow fan Jimmy Kimmel. canonical: https://time.com/5484216/game-of-thrones-season-8-t-pain/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-19T19:05:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:32.981Z og:title: No One's More Pumped for Game of Thrones' Return Than T-Pain og:description: Winter is coming og:url: https://time.com/5484216/game-of-thrones-season-8-t-pain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0bc7328d025c6ea/698941ece76ad2083f633d40/game-of-thrones-season-8-t-pain-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2018 ComplexCon - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: No One's More Pumped for Game of Thrones' Return Than T-Pain twitter:description: Winter is coming twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0bc7328d025c6ea/698941ece76ad2083f633d40/game-of-thrones-season-8-t-pain-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No One is More Excited for _Game of Thrones_ to Return Than T-Pain > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) Earl Gibson III—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 19, 2018 7:05 PM UTC [Winter is coming](http://entertainment.time.com/2011/04/18/game-of-thrones-watch-its-all-in-the-execution/) and so is the imminent return of the [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/) final season, much to the glee of its many faithful fans, including [rapper T-Pain](http://time.com/5139525/quincy-jones-inteview-t-pain/), who’s known for his avid live-tweets of the episodes. While HBO is keeping new episodes of season 8 under wraps, they tapped T-Pain and three other famous super fans (Jimmy Kimmel, Kristin Chenoweth, and Aaron Rodgers) to prepare for the coming of the new season by binge-watching past seasons and live-tweeting the process. In a video posted by official _Game of Thrones_ accounts on social media, T-Pain, Kimmel, Chenoweth, and Rodgers all take turns sitting on the Iron Throne and using props from the different characters and houses, from a cloak fit for the king of the North to a Dothraki arakh. All four of these famous fans encourage fellow _Game of Thrones_ viewers to “binge for the throne” and to live-tweet with them using the hashtag, #FortheThrone. 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