Darlington's Hayley shoots video for song co-written by The Dunwells

Hayley McKay’s new single was co-written by Leeds-based band, The Dunwells, and is inspired by Hayley’s memories growing up and the parties her family would have at home.

Hayley wanted to record a fun, upbeat song to get people dancing and remind them of carefree times.

Filmed at her home in Heighington, near Darlington, Hayley wanted to create a party atmosphere and invited some of her young singing students to get involved in the video.

Hayley wanted to bring the 'party atmosphere' for the shoot (Image: Sarah Caldecott, Newsquest)

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Hayley said: “I’ve got great memories of singing and dancing at home with my mum and dad and getting the karaoke machine out and singing into the mirror and I wanted to recreate that.

“It’s a song that I really hope will make people happy when they hear it.

“It was great to get the kids involved and we just had a really great time. There were lots of laughs and we had balloons and confetti for the party atmosphere.

“Some of the kids were students and some were family and they really enjoyed it so it was just a good laugh.

“I’ve written a couple of other songs with The Dunwells too, this one came together really quickly though.”

Hayley's new single, Homemade Show, is out on March 3 (Image: Sarah Caldecott, Newsquest)

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Hayley will be reuniting with The Dunwells as they are both performing at The Forum in Darlington on Saturday, March 18.

The singer song-writer is known in the town as being the blonde songstress who has given us a steady supply of her music over the last few years, and the pandemic certainly didn’t slow her down.

Hayley will be performing at Café Lilli in Norton on Sunday, March 19, Northern Kin Festival on Sunday, April 30, and Into The Fields Festival in Blyth on Friday, May 28.

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Last year Hayley was over the moon to have won Gold for International Single of the Year with her song Wild West and Bronze for International Emerging Artist at the International Singer-Songwriter Awards in Atlanta, USA, and it seems her success is not ending there.

Homemade Show will be released on Friday, March 3.

Find out more about Hayley’s music by visiting hayleymckay.co.uk or visit her social media pages @hayleymckaymusic.