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In addition to his love for country music, Jimmie Allen is also known for being an avid Disney fan. 

The singer’s love for Disney dates back to childhood growing up in Delaware when he’d spend time watching Disney original movies. Now as a 36-year-old and father of three children, Jimmie has visited Disney World 70 times and counting since 2012, making a new family tradition of going to the beloved theme park for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“I think I messed up my son. Once you introduce Santa Claus and Mickey together, you can’t really top that, so you got to do that every year,” he remarks to Southern Living in regards to his seven-year-old son Aadyn. “But I love it.”

The “Best Shot” hitmaker calls himself a “classic Disney fan,” citing Carousel of Progress and Tomorrowland Speedway among his favorite rides, in addition to modern attractions like Avatar Flight of Passage and Star Wars’ Galaxy Edge at Hollywood Studios.  

“I’m all about it. Disney, Universal are life,” Jimmie proclaims. 

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Bleachers has premiered How Dare You Want More, a short film named after a song off the band’s latest album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night.

The nearly 25-minute video follows frontman Jack Antonoff as he goes through a series of therapy sessions while working on new Bleachers music at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios. In between, he has lunch with his dad, played by frequent Wes Anderson actor Bob Balaban.

The cast also includes Zoë Chao and Ana Gasteyer, as well as Antonoff’s sister, Rachel Antonoff.

You can watch How Dare You Want More streaming now on YouTube.

Along with the film, Bleachers has released new remixes of “How Dare You Want More” and the Take the Sadness single “Stop Making This Hurt.” Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire takes on “How Dare You Want More,” while the “Stop Making This Hurt” remix is by producer A. G. Cook.

You can listen to both remixes now via digital outlets.

Bleachers is currently touring the U.S. in support of Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night. Wolf Alice and beabadoobee are opening on select dates.

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Zedd hasn’t been shy about his love of ice cream and, now, he’s teaming with N!CK’s, a Swedish-style ice cream brand, to create an all-new flavor.  

The Grammy winner named his new offering “Chilly Mango,” which is “a mango ice cream with the perfect hint of spice and a sweet strawberry swirl,” per the press release. For those who have a sweet tooth and are hoping to maintain their summer body, a pint of Zedd’s ice cream is only 240 calories.

The “Clarity” artist is also launching a giveaway that runs through June 30, where the grand prize is a six-month supply of Zedd’s favorite ice cream flavors and tickets to his Zedd in the Park show. You can enter now on Try.Nicks.com/Zedd. 

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Count Harry Styles in for an onstage One Direction reunion.

The singer guested on the Spout podcast and spoke about the possibility of getting back together with his old bandmates. “I think the thought of it is really nice,” he said. 

“I think we all went through something really special together and there’s a lot of love there,” he continued. “So yeah, I think if there’s a moment for us to do it in the right way, I think it’d be great.”

Harry did not address the recent controversy surrounding fellow 1D member Liam Payne, who sparked outrage for his comments about Zayn Malik and claims that he was not only the most successful member of the band, but the face of One Direction. Instead, the Grammy winner kept things light and positive, saying he has nothing but fond memories of the music he put out with the band.

Harry also touched upon his romance with actress Olivia Wilde, admitting that — shocker — he didn’t think he was cool enough for her at first. “And yet we’re all human,” he said. The singer added those thoughts were part of “initial phase” in that relationship where he was wondering, “Am I doing things right?” He added the two are now “comfortable” with one another.

Speaking of comfortable, he opened up about his new album, Harry’s House, saying it is “the most comfortable” album he’s ever made. “I used to be so afraid of, kind of who I was if I didn’t do [music] and I don’t feel kind of afraid of that anymore,” he said, adding this newfound sense of self allows him to enjoy his career even more.

He also revealed the songs “Matilda” and “Little Freak” off his new album are personal favorites.

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Foals‘ new album Life Is Yours drops this Friday, but if you need something to tide you over until then, the band has released one more song off the record.

The latest track is called “Crest of the Wave” and is available now via digital outlets.

As frontman Yannis Philippakis explains, the origins of “Crest of the Wave” date back all the way to 2011.

“It was one of those songs which had always been at the back of our minds, like there was some unfinished business there,” Philippakis shares. “As we were playing around with it with some of the themes on this record, we cracked it open and really reveled in adding lots of layers to it in the studio. I was looking at the power of the lyrics to transport myself and the listener somewhere else.”

“Crest of the Wave” follows the previously released Life Is Yours songs “Wake Me Up,” “2am,” “2001” and “Looking High.”

Just this week, Foals announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of Life Is Yours, set to kick off in October. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

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Carly Pearce‘s wardrobe is raking in the dough. 

The inaugural Carly’s Closet event hosted during CMA Fest last week raised more than $10,000 for Music Health Alliance. The event saw the ACM Award winner donating outfits worn at various awards shows and public events for fans to purchase, with all of the proceeds going toward Music Health Alliance’s mission to connect members of the music industry with access to health care. 

The hit singer took to Instagram to share her gratitude to fans for showing up and making the Nashville event a success, posting photos that show her posing with a black-and-white polka dot shirt and a floral dress in front of a clothing rack as a bunch of smiling fans gather around her.  

“I am overjoyed by your generosity. I loved meeting you and looking in your shopping bags to see what you purchased. I am thrilled that so many of my clothes have a new home…and that we are helping the people who make the music in the process,” she said in the caption, while also hinting, “Shall we do it again next year?!”

The Kentuckian continues on the road this summer as part of Kenny Chesney‘s Here and Now Tour. 

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Chris Young recently celebrated his 37th birthday, and it has a special connection to one of his many #1 hits. 

On June 12, the country singer turned 37 and honored the occasion by posting a photo of himself holding a pair of balloons of the numbers “3” and “7” in addition to thanking those in his inner circle that reached out with their messages of support. 

Additionally, the hitmaker also noted that it took 37 weeks for his first #1 single, “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” to reach the summit in 2009. 

“Shoutout to all the friends/fam/etc that have reached out with Happy Birthday messages! My first number one single went number one in 37 weeks so this is a special one,” he writes alongside the cheerful photo, adding, #cheers #birthday #famousfriends.

Chris has another hit on his hands as his current single, “At the End of a Bar” featuring Mitchell Tenpenny, is in the top 15 at country radio. 

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The week-long Anti Social Camp, which aims to boost New York City’s music scene, is going on right now, and several big names are helping this year’s effort.

Billboard reports GAYLE teamed with the Anti Social Producers Club and about 150 other artists, writers and producers to create 100 new songs in the span of three days.  

Aside from GAYLE, Rob Thomas, Walk The Moon, JP Saxe and many others will either attend in-person or virtual songwriting boot camps and other events that are dedicated to “putting the NYC music scene back on the map.”

In addition to music writing, the camp will feature a gala, a live concert, a panel dedicated to women in music, industry showcases, recording sessions, presentations and more.  All the events are free to attend and open to musicians.  

A master itinerary of the week’s events has been made public, which you can check out now on Google Docs. 

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Jay-Z had a little fun teasing Blue Ivy on their father-daughter outing to the NBA Finals game Monday night, where the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 104-94.

There were plenty of famous faces among the crowd. When the rap mogul appeared on camera, he wrapped his arms around Blue and pulled her into the picture as the announcer declared, “Back with us in the Bay at Chase Center tonight, 24-time Grammy award winner, the one and only Jay-Z!”

The 10-year-old played it cool and pretended to be unfazed by her father’s affection. Meanwhile, Hova continued to smile to himself. The entire exchange was shared on the NBA’s Instagram page.

Another video shows the “Run This Town” rapper wrapping an arm around Blue as they meet up with E-40 on the court. The NBA also snapped a photo of the two enjoying their father-daughter date.

Fans are marveling over how much Blue has grown, noting she’s looking more and more like her mom, Beyoncé.

The power couple welcomed Blue in January 2012. Bey and Jay also share twins, Rumi and Sir, who are now five years old.

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