Courtney LaPlante Reflects on Being Confused for Poppy at Grammys

The 2025 Grammy Awards happened final Sunday (Feb. 2), and among the many most shocking and amusing moments was when Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante was mistaken for Poppy whereas giving a purple carpet interview. Throughout a current Instagram Reside session, LaPlante shared some ideas on being confused for her fellow singer and Finest Steel Efficiency nominee.

For context: Whereas on the purple carpet, a reporter from Stage Proper Secrets and techniques referred to as out to LaPlante however erroneously addressed her as Poppy. LaPlante dealt with it like a professional, after all, remarking: “I’m Poppy and I’m actually joyful to be right here nominated with Knocked Unfastened. I actually hope we win.” She continued taking part in into the gag with extra Poppy particulars, and in the end, Gojira gained the award for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira).”

Per Steel Injection, LaPlante’s current Instagram Reside session discovered her reflecting on the hilarious oversight:

I used to be like, “Do not say something too loopy” as a result of I do not know Poppy and Knocked Unfastened properly sufficient to go loopy on it, you already know? What if they do not like this? What in the event that they really feel like I am mocking their achievements, as a result of I wasn’t – I feel that is very humorous.

It jogged my memory of [when] Charlie XCX was doing an interview, and somebody was like, “What was it like writing [the Lorde song] ‘Royals’ or one thing like that?” And as an alternative of being all shitty about it, she simply talked about writing “Royals” and being a teen from New Zealand. I took that as my inspiration, and I feel everybody left joyful, proper? We bought promotion of Poppy and Knocked Unfastened in there, [and] I slipped just a little Spiritbox and Courtney in there too.

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A pair days after the Grammy Awards, Poppy subsequently added to the viral enjoyable by releasing a black t-shirt that includes a reputation tag that claims, “Hi there. I’m Poppy.”  The identical day (Feb. 4), Spotify ingeniously bought in on the joke by showcasing LaPlante because the featured picture on that week’s Kickass Steel playlist however with the next description: “Poppy on high of right this moment’s greatest Steel playlist.”

Each Spiritbox and Poppy truly appeared on the playlist, although, so it principally nonetheless made sense.

If there’s on takeaway from all of this, it is that ultimately, we’re all Poppy, proper?