There's nothing wrong with TV actors who try to sing. From John Leyton in the '60s to Will Smith in the '90s, talented stars have slipped between the disciplines with ease (though the short-lived pop career of Martine McCutcheon is probably best forgotten). Perhaps dipping her toes in the water before dropping her own single later this month, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester has guested on the latest release from contrived synth-poppers Cobra Starship. Although the track recently became a US top ten hit, this may not have been the best idea.

Co-written and produced by Kevin Rudolf and Kara "Idol" DioGuardi, 'Good Girls Go Bad' is one of the most boorish, witless singles in recent memory. The music is bad enough, its sub-GaGa production bearing all the class of a street-bought 'Romex' watch. Somehow though, the lyrics manage to take the song into a whole new world of awful, reading like a passion-free imbecile manifesto ("I know your type/ You're daddy's little girl/ Just take a bite/ Let me shake up your world"). There's still two-and-a-half months to go, but we're unlikely to hear a more emotionally and artistically bankrupt pop song before the end of 2009.


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