A 21-year-old woman who studied at the University of York has released her first single - and says she had lockdown to thank for it. Sophie Russell - who performs as Cherry Seraph - produced the single ‘8am’ from her “tiny home studio” in Keighley. She has also been proactive in women-led initiatives for greater representation within the global music industry, in which, according to a January 2020 study by the University of Southern California, only 2.6per cent of producers worldwide are female. The former Beckfoot School pupil initially struggled to unearth her creativity in lockdown, but as time went on she found she wanted to produce something uplifting and motivating.