Leighton Meester - Leighton Music #6: Because we can't stop listening to Somebody to Love

**crazycait714** · 10-19-2009, 01:12 PM

This thread is for all music related things. So far we have heard
her sing on Entourage and Drive Thru. She has an album coming out soon.
Leighton's cover of Bette Davis Eyes was made public a while ago. And now,
Leighton has two more songs released called Birthday and I Make Good Girls Go Bad. Leighton's first single off her upcoming debut album is called Somebody to Love, which features Robin Thicke.

Links

Leighton singing in Drive Thru
Leighton Meester Singing Bette Davis Eyes
Leighton Meester - Birthday (ft. Awesome New Republic)
YouTube - Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester) by Cobra Starship
m e e s t e r m u s i c ♫
YouTube - Cobra Starship Ft. Leighton Meester- Good Girls Go Bad Official Video *FIRST On YouTube*
Leighton Meester ft. Robin Thicke - Somebody to Love

Credit to charlietrout @ blairwaldorfs

Also new on this week's Hot 100 is Cobra Starship feat. "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester's "Good Girls Go Bad" at No. 76
-Billboard Hot 100

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And the hits just keep on comin'!
In the wake of signing a record deal for an album to be released later this year, it seems Leighton Meester is already in high demand by other artists.
---Leighton Meester Takes Flight With Cobra Starship - E! Online

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Leighton Meester is hot in more ways than one. She’s of course B on Gossip Girl.
But, now she’s the H.O.T. pop star of the moment
---Leighton Meester Sings with Cobra Starship | CoverAwards

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"Leighton Meester's tremendous presence and spirited approach to her musical artistry is a perfect
fit with her new Universal Republic home as we introduce current
and new fans to this unique facet of her immense talent,"
added Monte Lipman, President and CEO of Universal Republic Records.

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"CAN YOU BELIEVE I GET TO DO A SONG WITH BLAIR WALDORF?! It's no secret that I am a HUGE Gossip Girl fan.
(On tour, our fans bring me copies of the episodes I am missing so I can stay caught up),"
Saporta wrote. "A couple months ago, I heard a rumor that Leighton was working on a record,
and I went to sleep that night dreaming of what it would be like to do a song with her.
Next morning (afternoon, actually) I wake up to find out my dreams are coming true! Some people made phone calls to some other people, then, shazam!
I'm on a plane to LA to record with my boo.
I knew I had the perfect song for her too: 'I Make Good Girls Go Bad.' "
- Gabe Saporta

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Well, that shouldn't be too hard for everybody's favorite Gossip Girl gal. Nevertheless, Leighton Meester is singing about the
search for amore in her new tune "Somebody to Love," which debuted Tuesday morning on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM show.
"I really wanted to make something completely different than anything that's on the radio right now," Leighton told Ryan. "I feel like it's really dancey and fun, but still laid-back, relaxed and moody and sexy."
Also featuring Robin Thicke, the track is the first single off Leighton's upcoming album, which she hopes will be out by the end of the year. So take a listen here and give us your thoughts.
Of course, if "Somebody to Love" has you begging for more Meester music, there's always her Cobra Starship collaboration to keep you in the groove.
---Leighton Meester's looking for Somebody to Love | E! Online

**slowly fading** · 10-19-2009, 04:59 PM

**crazycait714** · 10-19-2009, 05:15 PM

Added a couple new things to the OP

**Lazy** · 10-20-2009, 03:28 AM

Thanks for doing that Caitlin

Bringing this from the previous thread:

bRo_LoVe · 10-20-2009, 04:02 AM

Loved that song, cannot wait to hear the full version

SaraMoses · 10-20-2009, 04:18 PM

iTunes Top 100 Songs:

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43. Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester) - Cobra Starship

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59. Somebody to Love (feat. Robin Thicke) - Leighton Meester

iTunes Top 100 Pop Songs:

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26. Somebody to Love (feat. Robin Thicke) - Leighton Meester

**crazycait714** · 10-20-2009, 04:39 PM

It's doing good!

courrrtnnneeey · 10-20-2009, 06:51 PM

It is!

Can't wait to hear the full version of that song!

charlottecleo · 10-20-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by courrrtnnneeey (View Post)

It is!

Can't wait to hear the full version of that song!

Me neither.

bRo_LoVe · 10-21-2009, 07:30 AM

Oh it gets better

iTunes Top 100 Songs

46 Good Girls Go Bad
49 Somebody to Love

and

Top 100 Pop Songs

22Somebody to Love

gems81 · 10-22-2009, 02:34 AM

Good.

Leighton Meester Says Blair Would Listen to "Somebody to Love"

Quote:

I think it's still sophisticated, which is special to me, and it's you know, definitely my style of the lyrics and it definitely has a lot to do with my experiences in life. But it's... you know... I don't think [Blair] would be mad at it," said Meester

**Lazy** · 10-22-2009, 05:05 AM

Yay!

I read that Leighton has like 40 songs she could put to the album, so she has a lot to choose from.

And her look in the music video is very seductive.

**crazycait714** · 10-23-2009, 05:20 PM

Wow 40 songs? That is a lot

gems81 · 10-24-2009, 03:14 AM

Quote:

By Monica Herrera

NEW YORK (Billboard) - "Gossip Girl" actress Leighton Meester hasn't yet released her Universal Republic debut. But it appears the TV star is well on her way to silencing naysayers about her fledgling singing career.

Meester released her first single -- a retro dance-pop track, "Somebody to Love" -- to digital retailers October 14 after premiering it on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM Los Angeles morning show. Featuring R&B singer Robin Thicke, the song is off to a solid start with 102 spins on top 40 radio and 7,000 digital tracks sold through the week ending October 18, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"I have a crazy, strange life and I work a lot, so the song is about me not getting any," Meester says. "I like that it's electronic but still lyrically driven. It's a very sexy track, and Robin really brought something different to it."

"Somebody to Love" follows "Good Girls Go Bad," Meester's collaboration with Cobra Starship that reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the summer.

It isn't yet finished, but Meester's debut album is tentatively slated for late 2009 or early 2010. She's spent most of the year juggling studio sessions with taping two feature films and the CW network's "Gossip Girl." About 25 songs have been completed, however, and collaborators include producer Mike Caren on "Somebody to Love," Stuart Price on "I Feel Everything" and J.R. Rotem on "Lights Out." Meester also plans to showcase her vocals on more downtempo tracks like "Your Lies Are the Truth."

Meester remains focused on channeling her singing idols -- from Madonna and Debbie Harry to Santigold and Lykke Li -- and taking the time to get her solo material just right. "I never wanted to pay attention to the business side of acting, and it's the same with music," she says. "I love being creative. As I come up with more stuff, I keep topping myself ... and this is the perfect time for me to do it."

Leighton Meester shifts from Gossip Girl to pop woman | Entertainment | People | Reuters

**Lazy** · 10-24-2009, 04:52 AM

Thank you Franci

I'm glad it's doing so well.

Btw, 'Somebody To Love' will be featured in the Nov 9 episode of GG.