Nike Stones ‘Satan Shoes’ Filled With A Drop Of Human Blood
Image via MSCHF
Nike is condemning the launch of modded Air Max 97 sneakers infused with a small “sacrifice”—a drop of human blood.
The ominously-named ‘Satan Shoes’ are part of a collaboration between rapper Lil Nas X and viral stunt company MSCHF to accompany his MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name) music video. A drop of blood from six MSCHF teammates is mixed into the red ink found in the sneaker’s air bubbles, MSCHF’s founder Daniel Greenberg told the New York Times.
The footwear is printed with the text “Luke 10:18,” referencing the biblical passage reading, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” Its laces are adorned with bronze pentagram charms.
Exactly 666 pairs of Satan Shoes will be sold by MSCHF for US$1,018 from Monday.
Greenberg emphasized that Nike did not contribute to the collaboration “in any capacity.”
MSCHF is famed for its controversial internet stunts, among which was the debut of ‘Jesus Shoes’—also Nikes—that let street fashion aficionados “walk on water,” thanks to the 60cc of holy water injected into their bubble soles. The group also tore apart Hermès Birkin bags to make ‘Birkinstock’ sandals.
Given Nike’s positive messaging and mission to empower people, the sportswear giant is clearly unhappy that its shoes are the ones being advertised to dance with the devil in.
In a statement, via the Times, the company stressed, “We do not have a relationship with Little Nas X or MSCHF. Nike did not design or release these shoes, and we do not endorse them.”
The rapper himself has released an “apology” video entitled Lil Nas X Apologizes for Satan Shoe. However, it is an unabashed Rickroll of sorts instead of a genuine apology, and the clip jumps to a scene of him getting it on with the devil.
His track, MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name), is supposedly a reference to the romantic homosexual novel and film, Call Me by Your Name. The rapper came out in 2019, and the song is his attempt to match the same sexual heaviness found in straight sex and drug-ridden music videos.
Image via MSCHF
Image via MSCHF
Image via MSCHF
we have decided to drop these to even the score. damn y’all happy now? pic.twitter.com/RGpCiiRbGb
— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
[via The New York Times, images via MSCHF]
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