Leighton MeesterGossip Girl’s Leighton Meester has revealed she’s following in the footsteps of just about every other teen actress and is recording her first album.

She explained recently: “I’ve always done [music] - just now I am actually doing an album that I plan to release.

“It’s so cool because it’s a completely different creative process [to acting]. From beginning to end it’s yours and you make it.

“You can see the finished product. It’s sometimes hard when you’re acting to be like, ‘Oh, I see the finished product right before my eyes.’ So it’s cool you’re there from start to finish when you are writing.”