Introducing: supermodel* with new single ‘adidas’
Today, supermodel* is letting you know that, on Friday, he dropped his new single ‘adidas’. The genre-defying project founded by Los Angeles-based artist and producer Frankie Beanie may not always be timely, but it won’t waste your time. In less than two minutes, the happy-sad pop tune covers a lot of emotional ground, and arrives with a single-shot music video that plays like pure catharsis.
‘adidas’ opens with a bluff that feels as easy and idyllic as the acoustic riff that powers the song: “I don’t think about you too much anymore, I don’t miss the days that we had.” But while the handclaps and bubbling drums keep things upbeat, supermodel* shows his hand, admitting he’s stuck on someone who’s taking advantage of that. A whirring synth line creeps in followed by a tiny riot of electro percussion and breakbeats. “If I could I would let you all go right now / It’s all good but I still miss the taste of your mouth / I would love just to let go /… / To let go of you.”
Directed by Frankie himself, the ‘adidas’ video opens on him slumped over, possibly passed out, against a newspaper box at a dank subway stop. But as the song picks up, he stirs to the rhythm and takes to his feet, the camera tracking his Adidas shelltoes sliding over the cracked cement. When the drums hit in earnest, supermodel* lets loose, dancing through whatever he’s feeling from the platform into the train where strobe lights burst before he collapses into a seat.
The new song follows last month’s ‘cherry garcia’, a sticky, summery, ’90s-coded cut that’s a little bit about ice cream and a lot about falling in love. That one also came with a self-directed music video complete with choreography (although he was rocking Timbs that time), that found Frankie shooting his shot with a mostly unimpressed donut shop employee.
For those who caught it, supermodel* had one of the most low-key striking music videos of 2025 — for the project’s inaugural single ‘i used to live in england’ — in which Frankie more or less recreates Christopher Walken’s iconic dance from Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’ video, but in an abandoned-looking office space. The song itself is a hypnotic swirl of minimal dance-punk rhythms and razor-sharp cultural references — unguarded and often hilarious.
In October, Frankie collected the entire oeuvre to date on his supermodel* ep, including the fuzz-bomb ‘no future’ (which came with a DIY visual inspired by Jamiroquai’s famous ‘Virtual Insanity’ video) alongside emotionally revealing highlights like ‘your house’ and ‘my heart’. The sonically unpredictable six-song set signalled both a new beginning for Frankie, and also the culmination of a lifelong journey through punk, UK indie, hip-hop, and dance culture.
Born and raised in Front Royal, Virginia, Frankie played in high school punk bands before relocating to Liverpool, England, at age 18 in pursuit of a music degree he quickly lost interest in. While abroad, however, he co-founded an earlier project and stayed in it just long enough to learn what he really wanted (and also really didn’t want) to do. In 2024, he landed in L.A. and, after losing two day-jobs in a row, decided to put his all into what would become supermodel*.
The Line of Best Fit documented that origin story in a deep-dive profile in December. Since the start of 2026, Frankie has been dreaming up his next chapter and dropping hints of what’s next across his various online accounts, which include candid Tumblr posts and “radio” episodes on SoundCloud. In just two days, supermodel* kicks off a UK/EU tour that includes headliners in Liverpool and London alongside a host of festival appearances carrying him well into August.
See the itinerary below, and stay tuned for more.
supermodel* live dates
Jun 10 – Hradec Králové, Czechia @ Rock For The People ^
Jun 12 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret ^
Jun 17 – Liverpool, UK @ Kazimier Stockroom*
Jun 18 – London, UK @ Camden Assembly*
Jun 25 – St. Gallen, Switzerland @ OpenAir St.Gallen ^
Jun 27 – Seinäjoki, Finland @ Provinssi Festival ^
Jul 02 – Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival ^
Jul 03 – Berlin, Germany @ Baketown Festival ^
Jul 05 – Arras, France @ Main Square Festival ^
Jul 11 – Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool Festival ^
Aug 13 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Syd for Solen ^
Aug 15 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West ^
Aug 21 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop ^
* headliner
^ festival
‘adidas’ Artwork