. But Tom Payne, the actor who portrayed him, is alive and well and singing in, appropriately enough, "Afterlife" -- the new single from his fiancée Jennifer Akerman, aka Final Child, whose special effects-laden video is premiering exclusively below.
"I wrote 'Afterlife" because I wanted a fun song -- I tend to make more moody and darker music," the Swedish-born Akerman -- who does not like zombies and doesn't watch. "It still has a dark story; It's about the problems we have in the world and the world ending, but it has a lighter and a bit poppier tone. And it's ultimately about coming together with someone who you're looking forward to meeting in the afterlife.
Payne, meanwhile, previously sang on the Final Child single "Hold On" last year and was a no-brainer to be part of "Afterlife," according to Akerman. "He's my other half," she notes. "I love working with him. He doesn't have the patience to be in the studio and write music but he's got a great voice -- and he's a show-off. I wrote his part and it was just like, 'Babe, come in here. Could you just sing this?' It's fun to have that.
jjakerman anyone else thought that was Fergie?