Control: EMDE and Walter Ma's Award-Winning Music Video

Control, a music video directed and produced by Walter Ma with artist EMDE, has won a 2025 Telly Award and has been officially selected for the Canberra Short Film Festival in Australia. The project is described as more than a song paired with visuals, positioning it as a cross-cultural artistic statement about liberation, identity, and reclaiming autonomy. Its narrative follows a protagonist fighting invisible restraints and imposed definitions of self, drawing creative inspiration from existentialist ideas such as “existence precedes essence.” EMDE’s lyrics and performance are highlighted as a journey from struggle to liberation, while the video’s symbolism includes thousands of red threads representing constraints imposed by society and the self.