The new Song For The Mute x adidas Originals collaboration has a kick to it
Song for the Mute announces their sixth collaboration with adidas Originals, ADI006 which comes out in October 2025 with a new silhouette
SONG FOR THE MUTE has always been about disrupting style codes. But what happens when restraint becomes the disruption? For ADI006, Song for the Mute’s sixth collaboration with adidas Originals, the answer comes in slimmer shapes, worn-in textures and details that feel quietly fractured rather than polished.
“We’ve always been interested in distortion but this time, we wanted to explore it through quietness,” says co-founder Melvin Tanaya. “There’s a kind of power in holding back. Restraint became its own form of disruption. The silhouettes sit relaxed yet remain classically informed. Materials feel worn, lived in. It’s less about announcing and more about anchoring — treating each piece as something already charged, already carrying memory.”
The headline act is the debut of said new sneaker silhouette: the Taekwondo Mei. A nod to tradition but with a twist, it trades the original laceless form for an elasticated collar and laced closure, complete with asymmetric top-stitching and scuffed suede uppers. “It started with a discipline — the idea of movement through control,” Tanaya says. “From there, it became about subverting structure without erasing it… cracking the printed three-stripes, treating the suede to feel pre-worn. There’s a quiet respect for tradition throughout — even as it’s being undone.” Its earthy tones of khaki, sand and black are grounded with a semi-translucent sole and cracked 3-Stripes – a shoe that looks both lived-in and ceremonial at once.
Alongside it, the Adizero PR makes a return from the archives. This lightweight track shoe has been stripped back and re-framed with antiqued rubber midsoles, mismatched laces and silver overlays, finished with protective metal studs. “We want the footwear we create to feel like a dream of the past, rather than a replica,” says Tanaya. “The archive is a starting point — a silhouette, a memory — and then we intervene… familiar yet changed somehow.”
Beyond footwear, the apparel drop is the most ambitious yet from the SFTM x adidas partnership. Velvet track jackets, gabardine overshirts, washed tartan pleats and oversized knits form a collection that distorts classic sportswear tropes. “The clothing came together like a collage,” Tanaya explains. “Shapes are raw-edged, oversized, slightly skewed. Even the colours feel misremembered — archival tones that have faded, oxidised or shifted.”
Accessories join for the first time too, with a washed cotton cap and a hybrid tote-shoulder bag that Tanaya describes as “practical but imperfect… nothing feels new. They look aged, like objects carried for years.”
The campaign, shot by Maxwell Tomlinson under the creative direction of Stephen Mann, lingers in liminal, in-between spaces – overpasses, fencing, soft earth against concrete – underscoring the collection’s mood of quiet interruption and fractured heritage.
For fans eager to get their hands on the collection, the timeline matters. A Sydney-exclusive pre-release is set for Friday 3 October at 11am AEDT, available at Song for the Mute’s flagship on George Street and online via songforthemute.com. The global release follows on Friday 10 October, ensuring that both local devotees and international followers can tap into the brand’s latest reinterpretation of sporting tradition.
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