Matt Simons is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in New York. He released his debut album Pieces on 19 June 2012 in the States, "Gone" being his debut single. The 10-track album with 9 being his own compositions was produced by Nashville producer and sound engineer Stephen Gause. He released his first EP Living Proof in 2010 and 2011 touring the States and Europe, including UK, Germany and the Netherlands. He usually plays piano and keyboards while singing his melancholic yet catchy compositions.

Simons, already building fan base in Europe became very popular in the Netherlands after his rendition of "With You" taken from his album Pieces was picked as one of the theme songs on the Dutch soap television series Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. The song became hugely popular with the Dutch public resulting in Simons' first charting hit reaching #10 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart and the top 10 of the Dutch Top 40 chart.

His debut album Pieces picked up steam appearing on the Dutch Albums Top 100 chart. With You was also picked as 3FM Mega Hit in January 2013.