Leighton Meester sacked??

Leighton: out
Estelle: in

What do you do when the famous-ish guest vocalist on your song is simply too famous to help you promote it? Wait for them to become available? Nahhh, you just hire someone else!

Cobra Starship have done just that to perform their hit "Good Girls Go Bad" for their appearance on last night's Tonight Show. Instead of being stuck at the whim of Leighton Meester, the track's main drawcard who is busy filming Gossip Girl, they just went and asked Estelle to fill in for her! Observe...



Sure, Estelle went and changed the lyrics but these things happen. However, changing "hanging IN the corner with my five best friends" to "hanging ON the corner with my five best friends" is a small error but that one word does sort of give the song an entirely new meaning. Oh dear. Plus, her awkward hugging with the lead singer dude (I don't know his name... shall we call him Cobra?) made me feel uncomfortable but, hey, at least she was available to perform on the night.

Anyway, I *love* this song and a great part of that is because of Leighton (and the fun video). However, I admire the super-smarts of Cobra Starship for dealing with her little scheduling issue by hiring another famous singer to fill in for her. Since there's no chance of Leighton (EVER) being regularly available to join them on the road to sing her bits of the song, I hope they manage to get some other really cool artists to help out in the future.

I'd really like to see Gwen Stefani give it a go or even actual good girls who have gone bad like Lindsay Lohan or Miley Cyrus. What do you reckon? Maybe Leighton will never have to perform it again!*

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Carolyn Stewart
You're that guy I'd be stupid to trust o'clock, August 13, 2009

* You know, other than when she recorded it.