Americana is a category bandied about quite a bit, encompassing everything from country and folk to any dude with a beard or funky hat. John Fullbright bucks the genericness of the genre, capturing a dark and moody undertone with beautiful, soul-baring songwriting that belies the seemingly simple instrumentation anchored by his guitar and piano playing. "Happy" is the first track on his forthcoming second album, Songs, out May 27.

Fullbright puts himself squarely into the experience of each of his tunes, which lyrically resemble works of literature or character studies rather than your usual folk formula. The uniqueness of this process is not lost on him, which informs "Happy."

"A normal person, if they find themselves in a position of turmoil or grief, they'll say, 'I need to get out of this as fast as I can,'" Fullbright says. "A writer will say, 'How long can I stay in this until I get something good?' And that's a bullshit way to look at life."

The video is made up of living portraits, brief video clips whose subtle movements reveal much more about their subjects than static photographs.

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The video's director, Matt Bizer, had this to say about the concept:

"The idea of video portraits was a small piece of the original concept, but once the crew set out to shoot a few moments it became more of a discovery. Something really interesting happened in that when paired up with the song the moments kind of came to life. A few of us went out and asked both friends and unfamiliar individuals to allow us to film them. Though the portraits are short and simple there is this moment where you see a glimpse of their life in their eyes — and something about 'Happy' accentuates that."

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