It's no secret that there ain't no party like a Blair Waldorf party, especially around the holiday season. While Leighton Meester is no longer playing the resident scheme queen of the Upper East Side in Gossip Girl, she has found a way to keep the holiday spirit alive in a way that we know Queen B. would approve of.
We first heard Leighton's pipes of gold on Cobra Starship's "Good Girls Go Bad" and more recently on her 2014 debut album, Heartstrings, but nothing could prepare us for the early Christmas present Leighton and her BFF, Dana Williams, gave to the world via YouTube this week.
Dana, a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, shared a live cover of Elvis'"Blue Christmas" that features the two friends, their two guitars, and their two angelic voices. (Can't forget about the percussion, shout out to their very own drummer boy, Chrystian Kaplan!)
With stockings hung from the fireplace behind them, Santa hats, a mini Christmas tree and Leighton's perfect crimson pout, it's hard not to feel red, green and Christmas-y all over! The cover is bluesy and folksy, a perfect combination for a song that is about not having your bae on Christmas day and a perfect fit for both of the singer's rich and smooth voices. From the duo's beautiful harmony to their effortless guitar strumming, this cover is flawless.
This isn't the first time the pair has teamed up to unleash unbridled song cover perfection on the world, they have also covered Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" and The Caravelles'"Dream of Me." It's safe to say it'll be much easier to dream of a white Christmas with their "Blue Christmas" cover on repeat. Let us hope that there's a whole Christmas album where this came from.
