Written by Wees, Patrick Pyke Salmy, Emma Sophia Rosen, Ricardo Muñoz, René Miller, and Nils Bodenstedt, the song is a power ballad and about the singer's anxiety and lack of control due to her struggles with epilepsy.

[1] After debuting in June 2018 as a featured artist on Moonbootica's single "Hibernating", Wees signed a record deal with the label Valeria Music, a division of Caroline Distribution, and began recording new music in early 2020.

[2] The song's official video, directed by Dennis Dirksen, was released on 27 March 2020.

[1][2] During the summer, "Control" reached in the top 40 of Austria,[4] Belgium,[5] Germany,[6] and Switzerland.

[7] In October the song peaked at number 1 on the French Radio Singles Chart;[8] in the same month it was certified gold in Italy for moving 35,000 units.