HOLLYOAKS actress Bethannie Hare is releasing a song from her first ever album.

Bethannie, 21, from Horsforth, is Cher McQueen in the soap, and says she can’t wait to get to work every day to play the character she loves.

But she is also forging ahead with a music career which was already proving successful before she joined the series seven months ago.

Now the former pupil of Horsforth School has just released her second single This Is Not A Love Song.

Bethannie attended Scala Performing Arts in Leeds from the age of six, and began fundraising for Martin House Children’s Hospice with an online music video at the age of ten. She has gone on to raise well over £100,000 for terminally-ill children.

Over the years she has sung at many prestigious events including Eva Longoria’s Global Gi\ Gala at the Four Seasons, Park Lane, London, the Well Child Awards at The Dorchester, London and the Rotary International Conference on two separate occasions. Her proudest moment was being the sole performer for Prince William and Prince Harry at St James’s Palace, London, at an event to mark 20 years since the death of their mum, Princess Diana. She launched her recording career after being talent spotted at an event organised by actress Eva Longoria.

Bethannie hopes people will find her new release a ‘feel good’ song which she says is needed during this difficult time.

“This is not a love song” tells the story of a young woman who goes out on a Saturday evening with her boyfriend, who then suddenly ends their relationship. She goes to sleep feeling sad but wakes up and realises that life has so much more to offer.

It can be found at: VIDEO VERSION: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friDa-BNO60 MUSIC ONLY VERSION: hZps://www.dropbox.com/h?preview=01.16+love+song+mix-++24+bit+44.1k+master+v2.wav