Dublin native Erica Cody joined Megan to chat about being a contender in the race to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 this May in Malmo, Sweden with her track “Love Me Like I Do”.

Last week it was revealed that the Dublin native was Ireland’s first Eurosong hopeful.

After taking a break from music last year, Cody says she is “back with a bang” and she has big plans in the pipeline - “I’m the kind of girl, that when I’m in something and I put my mind to something I’m in it 110% and I’m like a racehorse with my blinkers on”.

Speaking exclusively to Beat’s Most Wanted presenter Megan O’Regan Byrne, Cody spoke about how she selected her Eurosong entry entitled “Love Me Like I Do” which was written at an Irish Women in Harmony writing camp.

Erica revealed that the track was “never written for Eurovision” but a song they wrote based on having “shared experiences as women whether it was through heart breaks, or being let down and just knowing at the end of the day nobody can love you do”, she added “that’s why it’s called Love Me Like I Do”

When listening back to tracks she was hoping to release, she was continuously drawn back to “Love Me Like I Do”, sharing that when she “went through a breakup, then the song just started to resonate with me more than it ever did even from when we first wrote it” and she felt “like the stars were kind of aligning for this”.

Listen to Erica Cody's Eurosong entry below: