“As much as I wanted to get into the space, the first video that I did wasn’t so much with that intention,” Simpson said. “It was just more so, I’m a musician who likes the Mets, I’m gonna try this video and just post it and not think much of it, and then that took off.”

Now, after every Mets series, Simpson chooses an artist from the city of the team the Mets played against.

When the Mets played the Blue Jays in late June-early July, Simpson performed a Mets-themed song with inspiration from The Weeknd, a Toronto-based singer.

When the Mets played the Red Sox July 10-12, Simpson wrote a song inspired by the Boston-based band Bell Biv Devoe.

Simpson’s Subway Series song recaps have come from artists like Billy Joel and a band called Lawrence, the latter of which he used for a May 2025 recap.

“They’re a band from New York, and they’re some Mets fans as well,” Simpson said of Lawrence. “And through me doing the content, we developed a great friendship. I did one of their songs, and last year I did one of their songs with their lead singer, which is a lot of fun.”

Simpson said a decent amount of preparation comes with producing the songs due to the variables that come into play.

Before picking a song, Simpson said he thinks about the length of a series to determine what would be conducive to three or four games, along with how he’d arrange the given song prior to learning it.

The 27-year-old said songs take him a couple hours to produce on the short end but can take up to six or seven hours at most.

Simpson was at the Mets’ thrilling Game 4 win over the Phillies in the 2024 NLDS, and didn’t prepare anything for a recap song since he didn’t want to jinx anything.

After Francisco Lindor’s grand slam won the game, Simpson chose Lindor’s walk-up song, “My Girl,” as the tune for his recap.

Simpson didn’t get home until past midnight, but his TikTok still had 6,292 likes and 72,500 views.

“Those are ones where you’re riding the high of being at the ballpark when it happens, and then coming home, and I’m like, ‘Oh shoot, I have to write a song about this,’ and I’m staying up until 4 a.m.,” Simpson said.

With Simpson currently attending Liberty University for graduate school, balancing time for schoolwork and recaps is difficult, he says.

“Even if he has to be up until 4 o’clock in the morning to make sure he can post it first thing in the morning,” Devin said. “He does whatever it takes. You can be in the car and he’s listening to songs to figure out what song he’s going to be doing for the next recap.”

Though he doesn’t think about the recognition often, Simpson said several fans have bumped into him at Mets games.

“There’s nothing like the feeling of somebody coming to you and saying, ‘I appreciate what you do, and thank you for that,’ ” Simpson said. “I could be at a concert and somebody says, ‘Oh, you’re the Mets guy.’ ”

So, it turns out the rehearsal notifications were something more than just breaking news — it was the start of a career.

Matthew Baluyot, a close friend of Simpson, said miserable sports radio personalities get significant attention, and that Simpson separates himself by creating content with a positive mindset.

Baluyot said even during the Mets’ awful season — they sit last in the NL East — Simpson’s music gives him a pulse and updates on what’s happening with the team.

“I think at his core, Jordan Simpson embodies the ‘Ya Gotta Believe’ motto in the new age,” Baluyot said. “When things are going tough, he’s still making this content.”