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"  Last night, Seventeen attended Cody Simpson&amp;#039;s release party for his second album, Surfers Paradise and caught up with him to get the inside scoop on his album. The event took place by the water on a sand-covered patio-a perfect location for Surfers Paradise. Cody performed an acoustic set, barefoot, for the crowd of fans in attendance: &amp;quot;I sort of spent my childhood without shoes on-on the beach growing up-so I feel kind of at home right now in the sand.&amp;quot; Cody began with the first track on the album, &amp;quot;La Da Dee.&amp;quot; He brought his guitarist, Andrew, on stage with him to sing &amp;quot;Sinkin&amp;#039; In,&amp;quot; a song that Andrew wrote. He then sang his single, &amp;quot;Pretty Brown Eyes&amp;quot; and ended with a cover of Jack Johnson&amp;#039;s song, &amp;quot;Bubble Toes.&amp;quot; Throughout his set, fans could be heard singing every word even though the album had just been released that day. His main inspiration for Surfers Paradise is actually the town itself, located on the Gold Coast of Australia, where Cody grew up. &amp;quot;I try to stay very, very true to my roots and my lifestyle and I wanted to be able to share that with my fans. I thought that the title was perfect because I wanted to stay in the paradise theme but also build a title that would reflect that and the sound of the music,&amp;quot; he said. Cody co-wrote each song on Surfers Paradise. Cody shared with Seventeen that he enjoyed writing with his guitarist, Andrew, the most. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s like my best friend, my big brother and we write a lot of great music together. I really enjoy writing with him in the back of the tour bus.&amp;quot; Out of the two collaborations on the album, Cody couldn&amp;#039;t pick a favorite. He said he loved both of them for what they brought to the album. &amp;quot;I love Ziggy Marley because he adds a really cool world reggae feel to one of the songs on the album [&amp;quot;Love&amp;quot;] and it definitely adds a certain amount of authenticity and legitimacy to that song--to have someone so legendary. And Asher Monroe is just an awesome guy and added a cool vibe to [&amp;quot;Imma Be Cool&amp;quot;]. Cody Simpson&amp;#039;s album Surfers Paradise is out now! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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