Bad Bunny and adidas turn the F50 into a fashion-forward sprint shoe

Bad Bunny and adidas have taken the F50 Ghost Sprint and pushed it straight into streetwear territory, landing the shoe as a $160 release in two colorways just as World Cup energy starts to take over the culture. The silhouette borrows from a mid-2000s soccer boot, then softens and stylizes it into something that reads more like a fashion event than a training-room leftover.

The shoe sits on adidas’ Bad Bunny shopping pages as the Bad Bunny F50 Ghost Sprint, and the name tells you exactly where the brand wants this to live: not only on a field, but in the rotation of people who care about what a sneaker says before it even gets worn. adidas describes Ghost Sprint as a fashion-forward relaunch of a ’00s running shoe originally made for sprinting, and the build backs that up with a molded suede upper, molded sockliner, and a rubber outsole that rides low to the ground. The webbed overlays and bold colorways give it more attitude than a standard performance crossover, with enough visual noise to make it feel properly dressed for a stadium tunnel or a downtown fit pic.

The timing is the real flex. adidas relaunched the F50 franchise on January 12, 2026 with the F50 Elite Laced, F50 Elite Laceless, and F50 Mid W Elite, then followed on April 30 with the F50 HYPERFAST EVO, a 130g boot adidas called its lightest-ever to feature at the FIFA World Cup. That HYPERFAST EVO pack also included the Elite Laced and Elite Laceless models, all tied together by the same speed-first idea and Sprintframe 360 stability and traction. The Ghost Sprint taps into that same football charge, but strips it down for people who want the reference without the studs.

Bad Bunny has already helped adidas make football feel like a cultural language, not just a sport. The brand and Bad Bunny launched a joint collection with Lionel Messi in October 2024, and in 2025 adidas said their archive exhibition in Puerto Rico included 150 products, more than 115 of them never-before-seen sneakers. In May 2026, adidas put Bad Bunny at the center of its Backyard Legends World Cup campaign film alongside Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, Jude Bellingham, Trinity Rodman, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, and Alessandro Del Piero. That roster makes the message obvious: adidas is not treating Bad Bunny like a cameo in football. It is using him as one of the faces of the game’s next style wave.