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"Last week, Cody Simpson's five-week run on Dancing with the Stars was cut short\u2014unfairly, if you ask us\u2014but when we caught up with him days after getting the boot, the guy couldn't have been happier. Though he had a great time (and was great at) salsa-ing on national TV, Cody can't wait to get back in the studio. \"My fans are more disappointed than I am. Now I have time to make music,\" he said. \"Honestly, the time commitment was so hectic and crazy, I didn't have time to do much all. It was all day long, for six, seven hours a day. It was an amazing experience\u2014a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\"\n\nHe hasn't given up dancing for good, though. Cody's teaming up with Teen Cancer America, which was founded by members of The Who, to raffle off a chance to win a private dance lesson with the star\u2014and, like that's not enough\u2014an opportunity to attend the finale of Dancing with the Stars as his VIP date. So, basically, you get to break in your dancing shoes right before prom with a pop star and it's for a good cause.\n\nAnd if you're really lucky, maybe you'll learn to dance to the tune of Cody's new music, since he's been hard at work on his next album. Earlier this month, he dropped a dreamy tune called \"Surfboard.\" And though he'd written it long before \"Drunk in Love\" came along and spawned millions of \"Surfboart\" graphic tees, he admits the timing was pretty perfect. The sound is more grown-up, and so are the lyrics: \"It's nice to have the creative freedom to write about whatever and no longer feeling those restrictions I had when I was 15. My music reflects the time of my life that I'm in at the moment. Being in a serious relationship with Gigi, growing up, becoming more mature every day\u2014the music is going to mirror that.\"\n\nHis music video for the track dropped last week, and there's nary a dance move in sight\u2014a little surprising, considering he's spent the last few months busting moves around the clock. But there's a reason for that. \"It's not my thing,\" he explains. \"For me, it's more about the musicianship\u2014focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and doing what anyone my age can do with backup dancers and a track.\"\n\nIn other words, you're not going to see him break into a dance routine anytime soon\u2014unless you win that contest, of course.\n\nWatch Cody do a lot of singing, a little guitar strumming, and very little dancing in his new music video for \"Surfboard.\" It also stars his IRL girlfriend Gigi Hadid, who, according to Cody, \"does not dance.\" She models like a pro, though.\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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