We bet Leighton Meester didn’t expect this to happen in 2025!
After she and husband Adam Brody lost their home in the Los Angeles wildfires, she got kind of a nice gift back from the universe thanks to the extra little bit of spotlight. Fans have begun listening to the actress’s criminally underrated music!
For those who don’t know, Leighton didn’t just star as the iconic Queen B Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. She also had a short-lived career in pop music!
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It all began when she collaborated with Cobra Starship on their track Good Girls Gone Bad in 2009. Leighton then released a few singles in 2010, including Somebody to Love and Your Love’s a Drug. Four years later, she dropped her debut album Heartstrings. Take a listen (below):
SO GOOD!
Sadly, she hasn’t released anything else since then! Lots of actors try their hand at pop careers, very few become Jennifer Lopez. Basically only one, really…
But fans have found her stuff all over again — and have been streaming her old hits, especially now that the couple needs to rebuild their home! Yep, like what happened with Heidi Montag, fans are now trying to get all of Leighton’s music back on the charts to support her during this difficult time! Even Flavor Flav jumped on the train! Check it out (below):
@flavorflav Stream @LeightonMeester Somebody to Love and use the song in yo TikTok’s ????????????????????????
And you know what? It’s working! At the time of writing this, Heartstrings is now at No. 7 on the iTunes all-genre album chart, while her song Your Love’s a Drug is at No. 91 on the songs chart! Over 10 years later! Amazing!
What a wonderful and unexpected gift for Leighton! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Are you listening to her music? Do you hope she’ll release more after going viral? Let us know!
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