{"id":2506666,"date":"2026-07-17T21:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506666"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:43:11","slug":"fort-worth-soul-star-leon-bridges-announces-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fort-worth-soul-star-leon-bridges-announces-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth soul star Leon Bridges announces new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy the end of Summer, we&#8217;ll have a brand new Leon Bridges album. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-thumbnail-credit\"><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Sherman<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After two years, everyone\u2019s favorite Grammy-winning<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/music\/leon-bridges-is-back-busking-in-bishop-arts-video-40615962\/\"> Bishop Arts busker<\/a>, Leon Bridges, is back with new music. The Fort Worth native is releasing a 12-track album, \u201cHappiness Anytime,\u201d in three installments, with a full release slated for Sept.\u00a025. To tide us over until then, Bridges <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0be9RJySbvkMaeCqMytpcH?si=5EUbO9zWQ3eUw9nEAkXlPw\">just dropped four singles<\/a> from the album, with another four coming Aug. 21, before the final batch is released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe album\u2019s title serves as both a mission statement and an invitation,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/leonbridgesshop.com\/collections\/happiness-anytime\/products\/leon050035-happiness-anytime-signed-12-vinyl-fanta-orange-leon-exclusive\">reads Bridges\u2019 website<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s music you can put on no matter how you\u2019re feeling and be immediately transported somewhere coastal and warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cTexas Sun\u201d singer has yet to announce whether a tour will accompany the release, but fortunately, we don\u2019t have to wait for a tour announcement to hear Bridges play. All it takes is a bit of dumb luck to run into him on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/food-drink\/leon-bridges-shares-his-favorite-local-eats-in-fort-worth-40662531\/\">his stomping grounds<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__container\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__form-wrapper vmg-newsletter-form__step1\" id=\"vmg-newsletter-step1\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__form-wrapper-inner\">\n<p>Sign up for the Music newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__success hidden\" id=\"vmg-newsletter-success\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__success-content\">\n<h3>THANK YOU!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;re all set.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__close-btn\" id=\"vmg-close-success\"><br \/>CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3qnGvpP8Yth1AqSBMqON5x\">album marks Bridges\u2019 fifth LP<\/a>, following his eponymous record in 2024. \u201cHappiness Anytime\u201d is produced by J Lloyd and Lydia Kitto of the pioneering neo-soul group Jungle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their fingerprints are strong on these early releases, which feature new musical elements borrowed from what the album page cites as \u201cFela Kuti\u2019s Afrobeat, Brazilian music, soul, disco and South American rhythms.\u201d Kicking off the album with \u201cLight the Way,\u201d a lively brass band lends the track a unique swing that draws out Bridges\u2019 natural soul in new ways. The track \u201cYour Love Is Electric\u201d is funkier, more akin to the passionate love songs Bridges has become known for.\u00a0If transporting listeners to Havana nights was the mission, consider it achieved.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leon Bridges - Your Love Is Electric (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZirW1k2_pSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>If the first four songs are any indication of what the remainder of the album will sound like, we\u2019re in store for a much jazzier album designed for free-flying swing dances. If the last four Leon Bridges albums were designed for wedding first dances, this album was designed for the end-of-the-night inebriated, shoeless twirling.<\/p>\n<p>With only 13 total minutes of new music from the artist, we\u2019re counting down the seconds until the next batch drops.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dallasobserver.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of Summer, we&#8217;ll have a brand new Leon Bridges album. Andrew Sherman After two years, everyone\u2019s favorite Grammy-winning Bishop Arts busker, Leon Bridges, is back with new music. The Fort Worth native is releasing a 12-track album, \u201cHappiness Anytime,\u201d in three installments, with a full release slated for Sept.\u00a025. 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