Olivia Millin Kicks Off Halloweentime with “Soul for the Taking”
It’s late September, which means only one thing: it’s almost Halloween season, and Olivia Millin knows it.
The young artist is aiming straight for the Halloween canon with her new single “Soul for the Taking”, and she just might have nailed it. At only 20, the global pop artist already has a flair for the dramatic, and here she leans fully into the spooky season with a track that’s equal parts campfire story and club weapon.
Produced by Suite Dreamz and Kevin Charge, “Soul for the Taking” plays like a haunted house that’s simultaneously a dance floor. Fog machines, flashing lights, and silhouettes of ghouls feel like they’re engrained in the production, where cinematic swells break into tight, sinister hooks, and the beat never loosens its grip. Millin’s vocal performance carries the whole piece: equal doses playful and menacing, teasing out the “thrill of fear” she says inspired the song.
“I wanted to create a song that felt like a Halloween movie you could dance to,” Millin explains, and she’s succeeded. There’s a theatrical pulse to the writing, a clear narrative threading through the zombies and demons she conjures, but the music never gets bogged down in gimmickry. Instead, the creepiness becomes fuel for movement: sinister call-and-response sections coil and snap into irresistible pop choruses.
It’s tempting to call “Soul for the Taking” Olivia’s bid for a perennial holiday hit. But what sets it apart is its dual identity: a seasonal anthem that also holds up as a sharp, inventive dance-pop track in its own right. Millin’s strength lies in her ability to build worlds inside her songs, and here, she’s built one you can dance through with a smile while the shadows close in. To accomplish that at the young age of 20 is a truly remarkable accomplishment.
With this release, Olivia Millin claims Halloween as her own. As you prepare to plan this year’s big costume parties, make sure this track is on your playlist.
Stream “Soul for the Taking” here.
