When attending a baseball game, music sets the stage.
From sport-wide staples like “Take Me Out To The Ballgame,” electric anthems that signal the entrance of a closing pitcher or crowd-engaging walk-up songs, music indicates what’s happening and gives players an outlet to express themselves.
Ahead of the new season, LSU baseball revealed what music its roster will be using to introduce themselves last week. Fan-favorites return for some of the Tigers’ stars, with other tracks that pay homage to players’ roots or are well-known at the moment.
All told, LSU’s 2026 mixtape features a wide-ranging lineup of genres and artists. Here are the tunes each player will be introduced with in Alex Box Stadium this year.
Kanye West’s “God Is” will be sophomore outfielder Derek Curiel’s song of choice once again. The song was accompanied by fans at Alex Box Stadium waving their phone’s flashlights while Curiel was coming to bat.
“I just take a moment to look around, grateful, and just step in the box,” Curiel said in June about the new tradition. “I always do that at the start of every game just to see how much the Tiger fans are into this.”
The song was notably not used to introduce Curiel during his time at the College World Series. Curiel walked up to the song West sampled on “God Is.” Along with Curiel’s song of choice, pitcher Kade Anderson’s music, West’s “All of the Lights,” was also substituted in Omaha as West continued to share controversial and antisemitic views.
“I’m a little upset that the NCAA didn’t allow that song to be played,” Curiel said last June. “I don’t know if it was religious or Kanye West, but I was a little upset.”
Junior shortstop Steven Milam returns with a remix of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ track “Heads Will Roll.” The song became a central part of LSU’s national championship run last year, with players dancing to the song in the dugout and carrying a boombox playing it on repeat in Omaha.
A number of players chose their songs with home in mind.
Sophomore pitcher Mavrick Rizy is changing his song to “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys. The song is a nod to his home state of Massachusetts and former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who used the song before his appearances at Fenway Park.
Jonah Aase will take the hill to “Rooster” by Alice In Chains. The freshman pitcher hails from Washington, the same state in which the grunge act was founded.
Mandeville native and incoming transfer infielder Seth Dardar will walk up to Baton Rouge’s Boosie Badazz’s legendary “Set It Off.”
Zach Yorke’s selection got approval from the fans when it was revealed during preseason scrimmages. The 295-pound, 6-foot-2-inch infielder chose “Big Poppa” by The Notorious B.I.G.
Now that the musical backdrop at Alex Box Stadium is known, all that’s left is to hear it in action when LSU baseball kicks off its season. The Tigers will host Milwaukee on Friday for opening day, with the first pitch at 2 p.m.
