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Leighton Meester’s pop music career gets a bump from fans to help her rebuild home amid LA fires

Leighton Meester’s pop music career gets a bump from fans to help her rebuild home amid LA fires

Leighton Meester’s fans have rallied around the star after she and husband Adam Brody lost their home in the devastating Los Angeles fires.

The Gossip Girl star’s, 38, ‘underappreciated’ pop music is getting a resurgence on the charts, with fans hoping it will help the actress and her husband, 45, rebuild.

‘Can the internet also do what it did for Heidi Montag’s underrated music from over a decade ago to Leighton Meester’s underappreciated bops?’ podcast host Gibson Johns shared on X. 

He added, ‘Her house also burned down and this music deserves its moment in the sun!!!’

Rapper Flavor Flav then shared a TikTok video jamming out to Meester’s 2009 song with Robin Thicke, ‘Somebody to Love.’

‘Starting to hype up my girl Leighton Meester and help her family recover from the fire,’ he wrote in a text overlay on the clip.

Leighton Meester's, 38, fans have rallied around the star after she and husband Adam Brody, 45, lost their home in the Los Angeles fires, by streaming her old music; she is seen in a still from her 2009 music video for Somebody To Love

Leighton Meester’s, 38, fans have rallied around the star after she and husband Adam Brody, 45, lost their home in the Los Angeles fires, by streaming her old music; she is seen in a still from her 2009 music video for Somebody To Love

The Gossip Girl star's 'underappreciated' pop music is getting a resurgence on the charts, with fans hoping it will help the actress and her husband rebuild

The Gossip Girl star’s ‘underappreciated’ pop music is getting a resurgence on the charts, with fans hoping it will help the actress and her husband rebuild

Meester and Brody’s net worth is estimated to be around $14 million, as per Celebrity Net Worth. 

Meester’s ‘Heartstrings’ album, originally released in 2014, has returned to the iTunes Charts following the surge in her streams, as per Rolling Stone.

The album is currently at Number 21 on the iTunes all-genre album chart.

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While primarily known for her acting, the star has also enjoyed success as a singer and songwriter.

Aside from her album Heartstrings, she also released the song Your Love’s a Drug in 2010.

Additionally, she featured on Cobra Starship’s ‘Good Girls Go Bad,’ which charted in the top ten on the Billboard H๏τ 100.

Meester was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2010 film Country Strong, where she played a young aspiring country music singer. 

Many fans on X have shared comments naming their favorite Leighton hits.

‘Love Leighton Meester’s music. I loved the country strong album she did as well,’ one wrote.

Her 'Heartstrings' album, originally released in 2014, has returned to the iTunes Charts following the surge in streams, as per Rolling Stone; seen in a still from the Heartstrings video

Her ‘Heartstrings’ album, originally released in 2014, has returned to the iTunes Charts following the surge in streams, as per Rolling Stone; seen in a still from the Heartstrings video

Rapper Flavor Flav shared a TikTok video jamming out to Meester¿s 2009 song with Robin Thicke , 'Somebody to Love'

Rapper Flavor Flav shared a TikTok video jamming out to Meester’s 2009 song with Robin Thicke , ‘Somebody to Love’

'Can the internet also do what it did for Heidi Montag ¿s underrated music from over a decade ago to Leighton Meester¿s underappreciated bops?' podcast host Gibson Johns shared on X

‘Can the internet also do what it did for Heidi Montag ’s underrated music from over a decade ago to Leighton Meester’s underappreciated bops?’ podcast host Gibson Johns shared on X

'Love Leighton Meester¿s music. I loved the country strong album she did as well,' one fan wrote

‘Love Leighton Meester’s music. I loved the country strong album she did as well,’ one fan wrote

'Might I also suggest her music from Country Strong ¿ it hits!' another added

‘Might I also suggest her music from Country Strong — it hits!’ another added

'I liked that cover she did of Bette Davis Eyes,' another commenter chimed in

‘I liked that cover she did of Bette Davis Eyes,’ another commenter chimed in

'I was obsessed with Heartstrings for a while!' another fan recalled

‘I was obsessed with Heartstrings for a while!’ another fan recalled  

Many suggested that her husband Adam could learn from Spencer Pratt's example. Pratt and wife Heidi Montag also lost their home in the blaze

Many suggested that her husband Adam could learn from Spencer Pratt’s example. Pratt and wife Heidi Montag also lost their home in the blaze

The Hills star has since been promoting Heidi's music from over a decade ago to help them financially after the devastating loss

The Hills star has since been promoting Heidi’s music from over a decade ago to help them financially after the devastating loss

'Needs her husband to hustle like @spencerpratt. The man is a promo machine'

‘Needs her husband to hustle like @spencerpratt. The man is a promo machine’

‘Might I also suggest her music from Country Strong — it hits!’ another added. 

‘I liked that cover she did of Bette Davis Eyes,’ another commenter chimed in. 

‘I was obsessed with Heartstrings for a while!’ another fan recalled.

‘Good Girls Go Bad with 3OH!3 is FOREVER embedded in my childhood memories.’ 

Many suggested that her husband Adam could learn from Spencer Pratt’s example. Pratt and wife Heidi also lost their home in the blaze.

The Hills star has since been promoting Heidi’s music from over a decade ago to help them financially after the devastating loss.

‘Her husband needs to hustle like Spencer!’ one wrote.

‘Needs her husband to hustle like @spencerpratt. The man is a promo machine.’

‘She should hire @spencerpratt to be her agent,’ another added.

Shocking pH๏τos showed Meester and Brody's once stunning family home in the glitzy celebrity enclave reduced to a smoking wreck on Wednesday, with the roof burnt away and flames ripping through the rooms

Shocking pH๏τos showed Meester and Brody’s once stunning family home in the glitzy celebrity enclave reduced to a smoking wreck on Wednesday, with the roof burnt away and flames ripping through the rooms

The pair bought the home back in 2019 for $6.5million. They lived there with their two young children

The pair bought the home back in 2019 for $6.5million. They lived there with their two young children

The Nobody Wants This star and Gossip Girl actress were last pictured in public at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, less than two days before the fires broke out

The Nobody Wants This star and Gossip Girl actress were last pictured in public at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, less than two days before the fires broke out

‘But her husband isn’t the hype man that Heidi’s is!!’

Following the devastating Pacific Palisades fire that destroyed their family home, Pratt rallied his social media followers to stream his wife Heidi’s music.

This surge in support quickly resulted in significant chart success: Montag’s 2009 single Body Language and her 2010 album Superficial both reached No. 1 on the iTunes charts within days.

Shocking pH๏τos showed Meester and Brody’s once stunning family home in the glitzy celebrity enclave reduced to a smoking wreck on Wednesday, with the roof burnt away and flames ripping through the rooms.

The windows have smashed and black smoke was seen pouring out of the home.

The Nobody Wants This star and Gossip Girl actress were last pictured in public at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, less than two days before the fires broke out.

The pair bought the home back in 2019 for $6.5million. They lived there with their two young children.

The home had five bedrooms, six bathrooms and three floors spread over 6,000 square feet.

Following the devastating Pacific Palisades fire that destroyed their family home, Pratt rallied his social media followers to stream his wife Heidi's music; the pair seen in 2019

Following the devastating Pacific Palisades fire that destroyed their family home, Pratt rallied his social media followers to stream his wife Heidi’s music; the pair seen in 2019

Brody and Meester are among a host of celebrities affected by the blaze.

Firefighters are entering day nine of the battle against four different wildfires destroying a total 38,690 acres with the Palisades fire being 19% contained and the Eaton (Altadena) fire being 45% contained.

Officials have confirmed 25 deaths, 12K destroyed structures, and over 6M residents remain under a critical fire threat as damage and economic loss are estimated to cost between $135B-$150B.

Other celebrities who have lost their homes in the blaze include Sally Field, Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton, Jeff Bridges, Anna Faris, Cary Elwes, Diane Warren, Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman, Eugene Levy, Steve Guttenberg, Jennifer Grey, Ricki Lake, Matt Damon, Miles Teller, and Billy Crystal.

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