{"id":16582,"date":"2025-10-16T20:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16582"},"modified":"2025-10-16T20:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:49:19","slug":"jon-babin-ignites-a-new-era-with-three-explosive-singles-bad-omen-never-gonna-be-the-same-and-id-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16582","title":{"rendered":"JON BABIN\u00a0Ignites a New Era with Three Explosive Singles \u2014\u00a0\u201cBad Omen,\u201d \u201cNever Gonna Be The Same,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d Follow\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jon-Babin-Logo-844x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16583\" style=\"width:484px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jon-Babin-Logo-844x1024.jpg 844w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jon-Babin-Logo-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jon-Babin-Logo-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jon-Babin-Logo.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chicago\u2019s own&nbsp;<strong>JON BABIN<\/strong>&nbsp;has kicked open the doors of a new creative chapter with the release of three powerhouse singles \u2014&nbsp;<strong>\u201cBad Omen,\u201d \u201cNever Gonna Be The Same,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>\u201cI\u2019d Follow.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;Each track captures a different pulse of Babin\u2019s evolving sound: dark, cinematic, and unapologetically human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blending the grit of alternative rock with the emotional gravity of modern pop, Babin continues to carve out a lane entirely his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;BAD OMEN&#8221;<\/strong> is for anyone who is escaping a toxic situation. You do not have to ward off horrors of your life alone. This song is dreary, but the melody is infectious. Everyone will chant the lyrics together as one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago native\u00a0<strong>JON BABIN<\/strong>\u00a0is a singer\/songwriter. Jon combines rock n roll, ballads, and folk to create his own musical flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon&nbsp;has graced stages such as&nbsp;the world famous&nbsp;<em>Cavern Club<\/em>&nbsp;in Liverpool&nbsp;&#8211; the venue&nbsp;known as \u201cthe Birthplace of The Beatles\u201d &#8211; as well as the&nbsp;<em>Whisky A Go Go<\/em>, also world renowned, and&nbsp;the most&nbsp;notorious rock club in America, located in West Hollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onstage,&nbsp;he uses an&nbsp;acoustic guitar and one vocal mic; while&nbsp;his albums (under his name) are full band recordings &#8211; with all instruments played by him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are guaranteed&nbsp;to have a wonderful time at his shows, as well as a fun and meaningful album listening experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"&quot;Bad Omen&quot; - Jon Babin (LYRIC VIDEO)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRbKAnHU-oA?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JON BABIN UPCOMING SHOWS<\/strong><br><br>Saturday, October 18th &#8211; 129 Center Cut &#8211; Grayslake, IL 6.00pm<br>Saturday, October 25th &#8211; Abbey Farms &#8211; Aurora, IL 1:00pm<br>Saturday, October 25th &#8211; Rosie O\u2019Hare\u2019s &#8211; East Dundee, IL 7:00pm<br>HALLOWEEN FRIDAY, October 31st &#8211; 129 Center Cut &#8211; Grayslake, IL 6:00pm<br>Friday, November 7th &#8211; McNally\u2019s Irish Pub- St. Charles, IL 6:00pm<br>Saturday, November 8th &#8211; 129 Center Cut &#8211; Grayslake, IL 6:00pm<br>LEVER Saturday, November 14th &#8211; Liar\u2019s Club &#8211; Chicago, IL<br>LEVER Saturday, November 15th &#8211; Rochaus &#8211; West Dundee, IL 7:00pm<br>Friday, November 28th &#8211; Copper Fiddle Distillery &#8211; Lake Zurich, IL 8:00pm<br>Saturday, November 29th &#8211; Rosie O\u2019Hare\u2019s &#8211; East Dundee, IL 7:00pm<br>ELECTRIC PARADE Saturday, December 6th &#8211; Rosie O\u2019Hare\u2019s &#8211; East Dundee, IL 7:00pm<br>Saturday, December 13th &#8211; 129 Center Cut &#8211; Grayslake, IL 6:00pm<br>Saturday, December 27th &#8211; 129 Center Cut &#8211; Grayslake, IL 6:00pm<br>NEW YEARS EVE! WEDNESDAY, December 31st &#8211; McNally\u2019s Irish Pub &#8211; St. Charles, IL 5:00pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago\u2019s own&nbsp;JON BABIN&nbsp;has kicked open the doors of a new creative chapter with the release of three powerhouse singles \u2014&nbsp;\u201cBad Omen,\u201d \u201cNever Gonna Be The Same,\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019d Follow.\u201d&nbsp;Each track captures a different pulse of Babin\u2019s evolving sound: dark, cinematic, and unapologetically human. Blending the grit of alternative rock with the emotional gravity of modern pop, Babin&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16582\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JON BABIN\u00a0Ignites a New Era with Three Explosive Singles \u2014\u00a0\u201cBad Omen,\u201d \u201cNever Gonna Be The Same,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d Follow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16584,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16582\/revisions\/16584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}