Olivia Millin’s spooky new single “Soul for the Taking” lands just in time for Halloween like a candy bowl of dark-pop mischief. A 20-year-old global pop phenom, Millin teams with Suite Dreamz and Kevin Charge to spin a club-ready horror story.
Opening on slow, watery piano and foggy atmospherics, the track lets the tension simmer before Olivia’s luscious, slightly theatrical vocal swoops in, confident, sultry, and deliciously dangerous. Then boom: a hard-hitting beat drops and the production switches from eerie hush to full-on dancefloor menace.
The song walks a neat, tightrope between cinematic suspense and glossy pop polish. The synth-hook that haunts the chorus is pure earworm, while the sudden horror-movie scream is a cheeky trope that actually lands, because it jolts the dance pulse and gets us shook. Meanwhile, Olivia’s vocal control is noteworthy as she flirts with falsetto, leans into lower-register menace, and lets a tremulous vibrato bloom when the drama calls for it.
Lyrically, she plays with predator/prey imagery a lot, as in the lines, “Your fear is delicious” and “Your soul is lost to take it.” But of course, there’s a sly subtext: the song doubles as a metaphor for tempting temptations and surrendering to the night. In other words, it’s not just about ghouls — it’s about the thrill of letting go and the consequences that follow. So that means your autumn nights are going to come alive in more than one way.
All told, “Soul for the Taking” is catchy, cinematic, and campy, spooky pop. Put it on at your Halloween party and watch the floor clear… or fill up, depending on who’s brave enough to dance with the dead.
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Review by: Naomi Joan