After getting her phone number from a mutual friend, the “La Da Dee” singer concocted a plan to meet the model under the guise of a fake music video.

“This is gonna sound so stupid, but I cold-called her,” he recalled. “I said, ‘Hey, it’s Cody, I’m a musician. I’m doing this music video. I was calling to ask if you want to be in it.’ There was no music video. No plans for a video. The videos have all been shot.”

“I’m pretty sure I pitched her this whole concept that didn’t exist and she goes, ‘Yeah, OK.’ And I think that just broke the ice,” he continued. “So I started texting her and I’m like, ‘Ah, I don’t think the video is going to happen anymore, but like, do you want to catch up? Do you want to go out for food or whatever?'”