Schapelle Corby: Convicted drug smuggler appears on pop track Published duration 2 January 2018

image copyright Instagram/Schapelle Corby image caption The music videos features lots of shots of Corby enjoying her Queensland life after years of prison

Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has created something of a stir in Australia by releasing a music track on social media.

The track, called Palm Trees, features Corby on vocals singing: "I'm in Queensland and it is sunny. I have the palm trees behind me."

Corby, 40, has been in the media spotlight since she was arrested in Bali, Indonesia in 2004 carrying 4.2kg of marijuana.

She maintained the drugs were planted, but was convicted and spent a decade in prison and a further three years on parole on the island.

Her case captivated Australia, where many believed she had been treated unreasonably harshly.

image copyright Getty Images image caption Australian media have been following Corby's case for over a decade

Images of Corby sobbing in court - and reports of her deteriorating mental health - gained her much public sympathy.

But Indonesia, which has strict drug laws, saw her as a common criminal, and considered her fortunate to have avoided the death penalty.

Her music track, however, has raised eyebrows yet again. Palm Trees was released by its producer, Adelaide-based Natalie Zeleny, in early December, but Corby shared it on Instagram late on 1 January.

Zeleny said she "wrote this in Cairns for a bit of a laugh and then took it into the studio to produce it and lay down our vocals".

Over an upbeat club music track, the lyrics see Zeleny singing:

"Oh she's back in Australia, she's in the Sunshine State. Oh Schapelle is her name and she's got something to say."

The track - which some are calling Corby's debut single - has already been mercilessly mocked on Australian news, with one TV host jokingly calling it "surely one of the biggest hits of 2018".

Along with some debate over whether a convicted drug smuggler should be getting any attention at all, the response on social media has been largely unsympathetic.