A Bunch Of Cool People Cover Frank Sinatra For Adidas Campaign

If someone could explain wtf is happening in Adidas latest campaign ‘Original is never finished’ that would be handy- Adidas latest stars a bunch of hip hop artists including Snoop Dogg covering Frank Sinatra’s tune ‘My Way’.

The spot also features pop stars Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange), Stormzy and Mabel, as well as Los Angeles Lakers small forward Brandon Ingram, former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and more.

“Everything we do for Adidas Originals is a work in progress, as true creativity is never finished,” Alegra O’Hare, vp of global communications for the Originals and Core brands said. “We are constantly challenging ourselves and breaking down the boundaries that limit imagination; we hope to inspire all creators to do the same.”

“Each of the scenes are, in a way, a reference to a moment of cultural relevance,” JL creative director Wes Phelan said. For example, the ‘Birth of Venus’ scene is “the digital wasteland—a symbol of the pace at which we are going through modern technologies.”

Check out the real long credits list:

CREDITS
Cast
Song: Remix of “My Way” by Frank Sinatra recreated by Human
Snoop Dogg in “Doggystyle”
Stormzy in “Trap Syrup”
Mabel in “Tunnel”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Brandon Ingram in “Raining Basketballs”
Dej Loaf in “Inflated”
Dev Hynes in “Mirrors”
Gonz and Lucas Puig in “Lucas & The Gonz”
Petra Collins in “The Birth of Venus”

Client: Adidas Originals
General Manager: Arthur Hoeld
Global Vice President, Brand Communications: Alegra O’Hare
Global Director of Communications, Brand Marketing: Jenny Pham
Senior Manager Communications: Edi Borrelli
Senior Director, Global Brand Marketing Operations and Creative Shoot Production: John van Tuyll
Shoot and Production Manager: Justin Townsend

Agency: Johannes Leonardo
Chief Creative Officers: Jan Jacobs, Leo Premutico
Creative Director, Partner: Ferdinando Verderi
Creative Directors: Wesley Phelan, Matthew Edwards
Copywriter: Jeph Burton
Art Director: Hunter Hampton
Head of Integrated Production: Dana May
Executive Producer: Maria Perez
Senior Producers (Film): Tina Diep, Stine Moisen
Producer (Online Content): Doug Moffitt
Production Coordinator (Film, Online Content): Alexandra Olivo
Group Account Director: Sam McCallum
Account Director: Dom Dalton
Account Supervisor: Gulru Soylu
Head of Strategy: Mark Aronson
Strategist: Miné Cakmak
Senior Business Affairs Manager: Ann Marie Turbitt

Production Company: RSA Films
Director: Terence Neale
Executive Producers: Jules Daly, Paul Kawasaki
Producer: Rozanne Rocha-Gray
Director of Photography: Alexis Zabe

Production Company: Cape Town Egg Films
Executive Producer: Colin Howard
Producer: Rozanne Rocha-Gray

Editorial: Exile
Lead Editor: Shane Reid
Editors: Jay McConville, Travis Moore
Executive Producers: Sasha Hirschfeld, Carol Lynn Weaver
Head of Production: Melanie Gagliano

Visual Effects: Blacksmith
Visual Effects Supervisor, 2-D Lead: Iwan Zwarts
2-D Compositors: Daniel Morris, Liz Lyons
Rotoscoping: Trace VFX
3-D Lead Artist: Tom Bussell
3-D Artist: Ylli Orana
Executive Producer: Charlotte Arnold
Producer: Megan Sweet

Color: Company 3
Colorist: Tom Poole
Producer: Clare Movshon

Music: “My Way”
Writers: Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, Paul Anka
Publisher: BMG
Master: Frank Sinatra, Universal Music Enterprise

Adidas Global Music Manager: Daniel Cross

Music: “Human Remix”
Creative Lead, Music Director: Morgan Visconti
Creative Lead, Sound Design: Michael Jurasits
Executive Producer: James Dean Wells
Composer, Arranger: James Leibow

Sound Design: Q Department
Executive Producer: Zack Rice
Producer: Guin Frehling

Sound Mix: Sonic Union
Sound Engineer: Steve Rosen
Executive Producer: Justine Cortale
Producer: Patrick Sullivan

Videographer (Cape Town): Deon van Zyl
Videographer (Los Angeles): Anton du Preez

Photographers: Hayden Phipps, Cape Town; Dan Regan and Atiba Jefferson, Los Angeles

Editors: Sean Dunn, Misha Spivack

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