A TEENAGER’S song about being cooped up indoors during the coronavirus outbreak has proven a hit among her friends on social media.

Katie Lessels used her newly found spare time to pen a song about the global pandemic and “more importantly, how much I hate it”.

She told the Courier: “To be honest, it was really meant as a joke with my friends.

“We are all sitting in our houses bored, like everyone else.

“My friend helped me write a little bit of the song and it ended up going into group chats, then bigger group chats and then Facebook, and it has sort of blown up.

“All the feedback has been positive.

“It is all amazing and everybody has said how much it has made their day.

“I did not realise it was anything that people would like in that way but it was.”

The light-hearted song, filmed in the 19-year-old’s bedroom in Longniddry, airs the frustrations of being stuck inside during the coronavirus crisis.

The song – titled The Coronavirus Song – notes the many downsides of the virus, including the closure of Katie’s favourite pubs, McDonald’s and Nando’s.

Other frustrations include not being able to go to the shops without the fear of bumping into the police, and being stuck at home rather than jetting off on holiday.

Katie first picked up the guitar when she was in P7 at Longniddry Primary School, before going on to study Higher music at Preston Lodge High School in Prestonpans.

However, she stressed it was more of a hobby or a pastime and she has no intention of becoming a professional musician.

The leisure attendant, who works in Edinburgh, said she had been stuck at home since the lockdown restrictions were introduced, with her work closing its doors.

She added: “I have been really lazy.

“I work full time and my hours were pretty full on before the lockdown.

“In a way, it has been alright to have the time off but I am getting a bit bored now.

“I am just watching television and trying to get my walk and run in for exercise.”