During her time at Billie Barry Stage School, she had her first live gig at age 15 as the support act for
WizKid. She released
Addicted in 2017. Erica-Cody played at Longitude, Electric Picnic, as well as supporting Jessie J and En Vogue in 2018. She released her EP
Leoness in April 2019. Her style has been described as close to that of TLC and Aaliyah. Cody's experiences of racism in Ireland led to her launching a campaign called Don't Touch My Hair (DTMH). She was one of the artists featured in
Hot Press's Lockdown Sessions in April 2020. In 2020, Cody took part in the Black Lives Matter protests in Dublin and spoke publicly about racism she and others have experienced in Ireland. She also spoke about how her father's family in America have been affected by racism and prejudice. She was named one of Irish Country Magazine's
Women to Watch in 2020. In 2020, Cody was part of an Irish collective of female singers and musicians called
Irish Women in Harmony, that recorded a version of the Cranberries song "
Dreams" in aid of the charity SafeIreland, which deals with
domestic abuse which had reportedly risen significantly during the
COVID-19 lockdown. Portraits of her, taken during lockdown in spring 2020, appeared in the book
Twilight Together: Portraits of Ireland at Home by photographer Ruth Medjber. Cody made a cameo in an episode of the 2021
Netflix series
Fate: The Winx Saga. In 2022, Cody appeared on the
fifth series of the
Irish version of Dancing with the Stars. She reached the final of the competition with her professional partner,
Denys Samson finishing as runners-up to eventual winners,
Nina Carberry and
Pasquale La Rocca. She was selected to compete in the
Irish national final for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Love Me Like I Do", ultimately coming fourth. == Discography ==