Song for the Mute x adidas Samba OG Core Black: The Slouched Samba Done Right

Song for the Mute keeps doing something most collaborators forget to do. They change the shoe itself. The SFTM x adidas Samba OG Core Black, style code HQ7600, landed October 16, 2026 for $130, and I think it is the strongest Samba mutation of the whole FW26 lineup.

The Australian label first showed this set at Paris Fashion Week in January. On foot the Core Black pair runs deep black smooth leather with cream white 3-Stripes and a rough suede heel tab. The details that make it SFTM are structural. The tongue is oversized and drapes off the side of the shoe, the laces shift toward the front edge, and the whole silhouette reads lower and slouchier than a standard Samba even though the tooling is familiar.

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The suede is the material everyone who handled it keeps mentioning. It feels rough, almost like a work glove, deliberately at odds with the buttery black leather around it. There is a S.F.T.M. text detail on the tongue that does the branding quietly instead of splashing logos everywhere. I respect that. Too many collabs lean on the partner logo when the shoe itself should be doing the talking.

Availability is actually reasonable right now, which surprises me. The pair sits in stock at 11 of the 15 retailers that track this stuff, including Sneaker Politics at $130 and European shops like asphaltgold and Footshop around 129 euros. GOAT has listings too if your size went. For a collab that showed at Paris Fashion Week, that is a generous run. I would not count on it lasting into December though, because SFTM x adidas pairs tend to dry up once the fashion crowd catches on.

For me this lands in the very small group of Sambas that feel like a design decision rather than a color swap. If you want one, sizes are still open. Wear it with anything and it reads intentional.