I came across this article and this solution worked for me.
https://tkymx83.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/08/23/170913
i gave up on VSCode 3-4 times before getting it working lol
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The nice thing about VS Code is that it’s lightweight and open source. The bad thing about VS Code is that making it work can often be a moving target.
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the Best thing about VScode, i have an extension to control Spotify from within 
love my bells and whistles!