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A talented 11-year-old from Shepherdswell near Dover has released a rap music video about the coronavirus.
Covid-19 Rap is schoolgirl Lucie Futcher's first music video and was filmed in her garden.
Watch: Lucie Futcher's Covid-19 Rap
The youngster - otherwise known as Lucifer - was asked by her teacher at St Stephen's Junior School to write a rap based on the lockdown.
But Lucie took it one step further with the help of her family to produce a music video.
"We are a musical family so there are lots of piano-playing, singing and other music going on," she said.
"My dad and big brothers joined in with helping me to turn my rap into a video.
"I do lots of dance at Hasland Dance Studios in Herne Bay and so I really like performing."
In the video, Lucie is seen reading a book before surprising us all with an impressive rap.
The year six pupil added: "My teacher Mr Martin told us it would be fun if we could create a rap to talk about how things are with the lockdown.
"I am from a big family with four brothers and we are all at home. Everyone is talking about what is going on - how tricky it was at the shops and why being safe is really, really important.
"None of us have left the house for four weeks now - except my dad who does the shopping."
Lucie says she misses her friends but uses FaceTime and Zoom to have a catch-up, and they have even been writing letters to each other.
Hundreds of musicians and entertainers across Kent have taken to social media to share their lockdown productions.
A family went viral after sharing a lockdown-themed rendition of a Les Misérables song.
The Marsh household, who live in Faversham, took to singing about things people had been complaining amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Following their viral success, the family appeared on ITV's This Morning and an emotional Holly Willoughby was brought to tears after watching their video.
Churchgoer Audrey Bigley, who lives at Freeman House near The Spitfire Ground in Canterbury, played to neighbours listening from the patio and from their flats.
Opera singer Kristin Finnigan, from Whitstable, posted her funny take of Adele's Hello on Facebook - which has been shared by hundreds of people.
Another Whitstable resident helped lift the spirits of his neighbours stuck in lockdown by singing covers of popular tracks to his street.
Elvis impersonator Neil Duncan performed renditions of songs such as Viva Las Vegas and Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.