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I’ve been following Bad Bunny’s partnership with adidas since the beginning, and I can honestly say this might be the most beautiful shoe they’ve made together. The Gazelle Indoor “Solar Gold” drops October 17 and if you’ve slept on the previous Benito collaborations, this one is going to wake you up.
The colorway is the headline here. Solar Gold is the kind of yellow that makes you think of a Caribbean sunset hitting the water at just the right angle. That golden glow across the sea right before the sun dips below the horizon. Benito took that feeling and turned it into a suede upper. It works. It really, really works.
Black Three Stripes cut across the gold like a shadow. The contrast is sharp and clean, not muddy or overthought. Sometimes a two-tone colorway is all you need. No need for a third color to muddy things up. The gum sole grounds the whole package with that vintage terrace look that makes the Gazelle Indoor such a great canvas in the first place.
What I appreciate about Bad Bunny’s approach with adidas is that he keeps pushing the deconstructed details that make his shoes feel personal rather than just a celebrity color swap. The exposed size tag on both heels is still there. It’s a small touch but it gives the shoe this raw, unfinished energy that separates it from a standard GR Gazelle. You know who made this thing. You know it’s not just another colorway run through the machine.
The “benito” lettering on the lateral side is the detail that gets me though. His real name, not his stage name. There’s something grounded about that choice. This isn’t Bad Bunny the global pop star making shoes. It’s Benito from Puerto Rico making shoes about where he’s from. The gold leaf branding on the insole reinforces that premium-but-personal vibe.
The Gazelle Indoor has been the backbone of this partnership since 2024, and the evolution has been fun to watch. It started with the blue “San Juan” pair that nodded to the oldest operating Latin music store in New York City. Then the 2025 “City” Series paid tribute to three corners of Puerto Rico with faded, earthy tones. This Solar Gold iteration takes a different path. It’s brighter. More saturated. More confident in its simplicity. Where the earlier pairs whispered, this one speaks at a normal volume. Not screaming. Just making sure you hear it.
The leather lining is a nice upgrade too. It’s the kind of detail you don’t notice in photos but you feel the second you put the shoe on your foot. At $140 retail, that’s the sort of thing that separates a collaboration from a cash grab. Somebody thought about what this shoe feels like, not just what it looks like on a feed.
October 17 is the release date. adidas.com, the CONFIRMED app, and select retailers will have them. The SKU is KI2592 if you’re the type who likes to have your search string ready. Given how the previous Bad Bunny Gazelles have performed on the resale market, I wouldn’t wait around if you want these at retail. The San Juan pair is going for over double its $140 MSRP on StockX right now, and the El Yunque is sitting at $600 plus. This Solar Gold pair has the kind of mainstream appeal that could move fast.
Honestly, this is the Bad Bunny adidas I’ve been waiting for. The previous ones were good. This one is great. It takes everything the collaboration has been building toward and distills it into a colorway that anyone can appreciate, even if they don’t know the Puerto Rico connections. But if you do know the story, it hits different. A Caribbean sunset you can wear on your feet. That’s a pretty good summary of what Benito has been doing with adidas all along.
