Erica Cody: ‘With everything that happened last year... I felt I was a ticking timebomb’

She describes her new EP as an ‘open diary’ of everything from lockdown to mental health. In a candid interview, Erica Cody talks to Rowena Walsh about overcoming a very difficult year

Erica Cody. Photos: Nina Val shot on location at ‘Wilde Vintage Dublin’

Erica Cody didn’t know who she was last summer. The R&B singer was in such a dark place that she didn’t recognise herself. She was experiencing depression and anxiety and couldn’t find solace even in her beloved music.

“Music usually is my therapy and my outlet but because I was struggling so much, I just felt like I was incapable of writing any, so I really just had to sit on myself, go to therapy and work through whatever emotions that I was feeling at the time to become a better version of myself.”