CHVRCHES singer Lauren Mayberry has spoken out against online misogyny on national TV.

The Scot appeared on Channel 4 News on Thursday (August 27) to discuss the problem of receiving female-targeted online comments.

The video for her group's new single 'Leave A Trace' sparked a vile sexist reaction online recently because she was pictured with wet hair.

Mayberry said: "I am a 27-year-old woman wearing a minidress with wet-look hair.

"If you don't like it, that's fine, but there is a difference between criticism and hatred."

The CHVRCHES star added: "This happens to women all the time anyway, and I hate the idea that young girls who follow our band deal with stuff like that.

"I don't want them to feel isolated, I don't want them to feel like it is just happening to them, because it happens everywhere."

Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter / Pressparty on Facebook.

Watch CHVRCHES' 'Leave A Trace' video below: