APRA Song Of The Year Focus 2016: CW Stoneking

Song title: The Zombie

What's the song about? The song is about zombies.

What was inspiring you during the song's writing and recording? I wanted to talk about zombies. I wanted to invent a dance craze. I wanted to write a rap song. 

Was this song something that came together easily, or did you have to work on it? It came together easy, then I worked it a lot and drained the life outta it, I returned to the primal ideas of the song and rescued it in the nick of time before recording.

What came first in this instance — the lyrics or the music? And is that how you write generally? Both at the same time, but then the lyrics took some working over to get right. Usually that's how it tends to go… sometimes.

Has the song changed by playing it live, or do you still perform it pretty much the way it was originally written? Pretty much the same.

If not you, who would you like to see win the Song Of The Year award and why? I don't know who else is in it, I don't care who wins it.