«معمولاً با خودم فکر می‌کنم: "بیانسه توی این موقعیت چی کار می‌کرد؟" معمولاً به خودم می‌گم: "وقتشه ساشا فیرس درونم رو فعال کنم"، نه اینکه بگم: "مثل دنریس رفتار می‌کنم." البته همیشه برای دنریس احترام قائلم.»

Emilia Clarke says she channels Beyoncé, rather than Daenerys, her character from Game of Thrones, to deal with certain situations:
“Usually, I think: ‘What would Beyoncé do?’ I often tell myself something like: ‘I’m going to activate my Sasha Fierce,’ instead of: ‘I’m going to act like Daenerys.’ But all respect to Daenerys, always.”

It debuted #2 on the billboard 200 selling 123,000 unit in the first week, and later went on to win “BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM” at the Grammys and “ALBUM OF THE YEAR” at the BET Hip Hop Awards