UK trio TAHM are back with their new single “Little Devil,” a bold exploration of the messy, painful, but ultimately empowering experience of breaking free from toxic relationships. Whether or not you’re familiar with their work, a TAHM delivers an experience here as eye-popping as it is soul-grooving. “Little Devil” commands your attention with instrumentation that mirrors the tension and release threaded through the lyrics. The trio extracts liberty by reclaiming one’s agency, flipping the dynamic on control and vulnerability in relationships that have held far too much power for far too long.
What strikes me about “Little Devil” is the unvarnished honesty of the song, as well as the way that TAHM doesn’t shy from dark, contradictory emotions that attend separating yourself from harmful bonds. The lyrics pack a powerful punch, telling a story that’s equally theirs and everyone’s. It’s a tale of looking in the eye of the “little devil” within the relationship, that toxic spark that draws you in but ultimately damages, and finding the strength to walk away and reclaim what is rightfully yours.
TAHM’s sound is truly one of a kind and feels like an organic progression of who they are, a new voice within a theme that has been rehearsed before but never with this kind of raw energy and emotional complexity. “Little Devil,” which marries their plate-glass, punchy music with protracted lyrical confrontation, is an environment unto itself, and it’s a place you won’t soon forget after you leave. “Little Devil” sees TAHM gift not only a song but an empowering anthem for anyone who has felt stuck in an endless cycle of toxicity and has found the strength to break away. It’s a reminder that life reclaimed is the ultimate rebellion.