Leon Bridges is giving listeners another preview of his upcoming album, “Happiness Anytime,” releasing four new songs as he moves toward the record’s Sept. 25 arrival.

The latest release includes “Talk It Over,” the title track “Happiness Anytime,” “All Day All Night (Ft. Lydia Kitto)” and “Fly Baby.” The four songs make up the second of three EPs that will eventually form the full-length album, which will be released by Columbia Records.

Bridges also released a music video for “Talk It Over,” shot in Amsterdam and directed by dancer-director duo D+Y. The video, choreographed by the Plue Agency, puts movement and dancing at the center, reflecting a broader theme Bridges is bringing to the album.

“For me, happiness is not a feeling that you chase,” Bridges said. “I want this album to be something that lingers with people and lingers in people’s bones. There’s this feeling that we have to fix the problems of the world; you feel inadequate or it can be debilitating. My role is to be light. I hope that comes across with this album.”

“Happiness Anytime” was produced by J Lloyd-Watson and Lydia Kitto of the British group Jungle. The collaboration grew out of an initial four-day writing session in Los Angeles in April 2025 after Bridges, Lloyd-Watson and Kitto repeatedly crossed paths at festivals and performances.

The three completed six songs during that first session, accounting for half of the eventual album.

“We’ve been such big fans of Leon,” Lloyd-Watson said. “We were keen to hit it off.”

The collaborators approached the sessions with an emphasis on spontaneity, with a goal of finishing a song during each session rather than repeatedly returning to unfinished material.

“First thought is the best thought,” Lloyd-Watson said. “That’s where the emotion is. Anything after that becomes intellectualized, and that’s not really where music excels.”

That approach helped shape “Your Love Is Electric,” one of four songs Bridges previously released from the album alongside “Light The Way,” “Tears of Joy” and “Illusion.”

“Straight away he sang the first bit to ‘Your Love Is Electric,’” Lloyd-Watson said of an early studio session. “And I’m like, ‘Whoo, let’s go. This is it.’”

Movement became a central part of the album as Bridges sought to return to making music he could dance to onstage. Earlier in his career, Bridges frequently danced during his performances, but that element became less prominent as his music evolved.

“Leon said he wants to have music that he can dance to,” Kitto said. “He wants to have moments where he can put the guitar down and just dance and perform at the front.”

The approach extends to Bridges’ live shows. His “Leon Bridges Presents Happiness Anytime” production includes a vinyl DJ, horn section and three backing vocalists, with Bridges again dancing at the front of the stage. The performances take some inspiration from the communal nature of Jamaican dance hall culture.

Bridges has introduced material from the album through performances this summer in Paris, Cannes, Los Angeles, London and Chicago, as well as at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Outside Lands.

The new album also draws from a wider range of musical influences. During later recording sessions, the collaborators looked toward Afrobeat, Brazilian music, soul, disco and South American rhythms.

“We’d been listening to a lot of South American music and Sergio Mendes,” Lloyd-Watson said. “We infused it with these Latin rhythms and African rhythms – music that had groove and soul and feeling.”

Bassist Pino Palladino, whose credits include D’Angelo, Adele and John Mayer, also joined the musicians at Chaplin Recording Studios in Los Angeles.

For the “Talk It Over” video, directors D+Y said they wanted the choreography and camera work to make movement appear natural within a dance hall setting.

“Our approach was to use movement that felt seamless and effortless with tons of charisma and personality,” D+Y said. “In a signature D+Y style we built the choreography around visually fun compositions and seamless blocking together with the camera movements.”

“Happiness Anytime” follows Bridges’ 2024 album, “Leon.” The Atlanta-born, Fort Worth, Texas-raised singer first gained widespread attention with his 2015 debut album, “Coming Home,” before expanding his sound on “Good Thing” and “Gold-Diggers Sound.”

Bridges has also released two collaborative projects with Khruangbin, “Texas Sun” in 2020 and “Texas Moon” in 2022. He has received six Grammy nominations and won best traditional R&B performance for “Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand.”

With “Happiness Anytime,” Bridges said his aim is less about pursuing happiness than creating music that can offer listeners a sense of it.

“My role is to be light,” Bridges said. “I hope that comes across with this album.”