{"id":1612,"date":"2024-01-12T10:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T10:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/?post_type=music-news&#038;p=1612"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:48:16","slug":"erica-cody-releases-brand-new-single-love-me-like-i-do","status":"publish","type":"music-news","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/erica-cody-releases-brand-new-single-love-me-like-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"ERICA CODY RELEASES BRAND NEW SINGLE \u201cLOVE ME LIKE I DO\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[582,580,581],"category_post":[],"acf":{"intro_copy":"","smudge":false,"section_news":[{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Erica Cody<\/strong>, accomplished singer\/songwriter, TV personality and Activist, today releases her new single <strong>\u201cLove Me Like I Do\u201d,<\/strong> Friday 12<sup>th<\/sup> Jan 2024. <strong>\u201cLove Me Like I Do\u201d,<\/strong> co-written by Cody, fellow Irish pop sensation <strong><em>Aim\u00e9e<\/em><\/strong>, Grammy nominated artist <strong><em>Ruth-Anne Cunningham<\/em><\/strong> and renowned producer &amp; songwriter <strong><em>Richey McCourt<\/em><\/strong>, is an up-tempo, high-energy, feel-good anthem about self love, and is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fericacody.lnk.to%2FLMLIDPR&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cben.sheridan%40umusic.com%7C85111d4a0cc849a3cf8308dc130a10ea%7Cbbcb6b2f8c7c4e2486e46c36fed00b78%7C1%7C0%7C638406181181526267%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=MR898VaAX2G7jgG4WXT5XEZgy9qMh2R90xd4oPCVYl4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">stream now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This week, Cody was announced as the first contender in the race to represent Ireland at the <strong>Eurovision Song Contest 2024<\/strong> this May in Malmo, Sweden with \u201cLove Me Like I Do\u201d. Six songs, selected from hundreds of entries received by RT\u00c9, will compete on <em>T<strong>he Late Late Eurosong Special<\/strong><\/em> on<strong> 26<sup>th<\/sup> Jan, 9:35pm on RT\u00c9 One<\/strong>. The successful winner will represent Ireland at the official Eurovision Song Contest 2024 \u2013 semi-finals will take place on 7th and 9<sup>th<\/sup> May with the Grand Final broadcasting on 11<sup>th<\/sup> May 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Addressing the prospect of representing Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Erica continues,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201c<\/em><em>I always thought that I\u2019d be representing my country with a basketball jersey on my back, but that was cut short due to injury which was the catalyst for me to really pursue music. So, to be able to represent Ireland doing the one thing I love the most (music) and have now made my career not only would be an honour but a huge full circle moment. We\u2019re deep in rehearsals and it\u2019s all coming together so nicely. I really think I could do Ireland proud and bring it home!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ERICA PERFORMS \u201cLOVE ME LIKE I DO\u201d IN A DEBUT TV PERFORMANCE ON RTE\u2019S <em>LATE LATE EUROSONG SPECIAL <\/em>ON FRIDAY 26<sup>th<\/sup> JANUARY.<\/strong><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","video_platform":"youtube","video":"_UXe5QXJGMM","facebook_video":"","video_caption":""}],"block_type":"image-content","thumbnail_size":"height-1","image_thumbnail":{"ID":1615,"id":1615,"title":"IMG_4148 (1)","filename":"IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379.jpeg","filesize":"514376","url":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/erica-cody-releases-brand-new-single-love-me-like-i-do\/img_4148-1\/","alt":"","author":"13","description":"","caption":"","name":"img_4148-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1612,"date":"2024-01-22 11:25:54","modified":"2024-01-22 11:25:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1394,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379-300x185.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":185,"medium_large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379-768x474.jpeg","medium_large-width":525,"medium_large-height":324,"large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379-1024x632.jpeg","large-width":525,"large-height":324,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1394,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1394,"2048x2048-height":860,"twentyseventeen-featured-image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-1394x1200.jpeg","twentyseventeen-featured-image-width":1394,"twentyseventeen-featured-image-height":1200,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4148-1-e1707835687379-100x100.jpeg","twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-width":100,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-height":100}},"display_tag":false,"related":false,"tag_color":"","meta_description":"","social_share_image":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/music-news\/1612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/music-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/music-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"category_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_post?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}