Leighton Meester Explains Why She Stepped Away From Making Pop Music: 'It Didn't Really Feel Good'

Leighton Meester is explaining why she distanced herself from making pop music.

If you didn’t know, in 2009, Leighton released songs “Somebody to Love,” “Your Love’s a Drug” and the hit “Good Girls God Bad” with Cobra Starship. However, in 2014, she released the folk-inspired album Heartstrings.

In a recent interview, the 39-year-old actress revealed why she decided to step away from her pop-leaning sound.

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“I just didn’t feel like I sang that well in those songs. That’s why I stopped doing that style of songwriting, because I didn’t feel really good when I would sing it. That was something that I figured out in my 20s,” she told Bustle.

If you didn’t see, earlier this month, Leighton reacted to the death of Gossip Girl costar Michelle Trachtenberg.