South Africa, July 17th, 2026 – Today, adidas Originals and Bad Bunny return to the lineage of one of adidas Football’s most iconic speed franchises – the adidas F50. Reimagined as the adidas Originals BAD BUNNY F50 Ghost Sprint, this low-profile silhouette pulls a legendary archive style into the present.
Since the adidas F50 “Spider” arrived in 2004, the silhouette has become shorthand for an attacking instinct. Now, the Bad Bunny F50 Ghost Sprint takes inspiration from Puerto Rico’s iconic wolf spider – an animal from Benito’s home known for its incredible sprinting speed.
The silhouette sees a more technical and sport inspired approach to the lifestyle low profile. The sneaker fuses an “Araña” cage for flexible stability and breathability, with a deconstructed spacer mesh to combat the tropical heat of Puerto Rican summers. Colorways build on the 2004 “Ocean” colorway in hues of Clear Blue, Clear Sky and Light Purple palettes.
The Ghost Sprint is a global football execution made for athletes, fans and anyone who reads the world as a web of moments to strike. Through Bad Bunny’s lens, the F50 leaves the pitch and enters the streets – where the game’s cultural gravity is at its strongest, and where football, style and global identity all pull from the same thread.
The adidas Originals BAD BUNNY F50 GHOST SPRINT in Blue will be available on at adidas Sandton City and online at adidas.co.za from 7am on 18 July.
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About adidas Originals
Inspired by the rich sporting heritage of adidas – one of the world’s leading sports brands and a global designer and developer of athletic footwear and apparel – adidas Originals is a lifestyle brand founded in 2001. With the adidas archive at its foundation, adidas Originals continues to evolve the brand’s legacy through its commitment to product innovation and its ability to filter the creativity and courage found on courts and sporting arenas through the lens of contemporary youth culture. Marked by the iconic Trefoil logo that was first used in 1972 and championed by those that continue to shape and define creative culture, adidas Originals continues to lead the way as the pioneering sportswear brand for the street.
About Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny is the defining artist of his generation. Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio in Puerto Rico, he has spent the last decade dismantling the boundaries of music, culture and commerce, emerging not simply as the world’s most-streamed artist but as one of the most consequential cultural forces of his time.
His seventh studio album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, made history at the 2026 GRAMMY Awards as the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year, a landmark moment for Latin music and the global industry at large. The album was also named Spotify’s Global Top Album of 2025, the same year Bad Bunny claimed his fourth Spotify Global Top Artist title with 19.8 billion streams, the highest total ever recorded by any artist in a single year.
In February 2026, he took the world’s largest broadcast stage and did something no artist had done before headlined the Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show in Spanish, transforming one of America’s most-watched televised events into a celebration of Latin culture and identity.
That same year, he anchored a landmark 31-show residency, No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, selling nearly half a million tickets. The residency’s final show, live-streamed globally by Amazon Music, became the most-watched single-artist performance in the platform’s history.
He is currently performing his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour, an all-stadium run spanning Latin America, Australia and Europe, and his most globally ambitious tour to date. He has performed more than 150 shows worldwide, consistently selling out stadiums across every major market.
Beyond music, Bad Bunny has expanded his presence across film and fashion, starring in Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing and Happy Gilmore 2 alongside Adam Sandler, co-chairing the Met Gala, launching a global collaboration with ZARA and building a significant creative partnership with adidas, including the release of his first signature sneaker, the BadBo 1.0.
A 6x GRAMMY Award winner and 12x Latin GRAMMY Award winner, Bad Bunny continues to operate at the intersection of music, culture and identity, redefining what global artistry looks like for a new generation.