"We got promotion of Poppy and Knocked Loose in there, I slipped a little Spiritbox and Courtney in there too."
COURTNEY LAPLANTE On Being Mistaken For POPPY At The GRAMMYs: "I Think Everyone Left Happy"
The 2025 GRAMMY Awards were notable for two reasons – Gojira won their first-ever GRAMMY, and someone accidentally went viral for mistaking Spiritbox vocalist Courtney LaPlante for Poppy. Poppy poked fun at the situation with a new t-shirt that says "Hello, I Am Poppy", while LaPlante has finally spoken up about the mistaken identity during a recent Instagram Live chat.
During the chat LaPlante said she didn't want to go too hard on the jokes because she doesn't know Poppy and Knocked Loose that well, and still wanted to give them shoutouts for their achievements. LaPlante compared the situation to an interview a few years ago where pop star Charlie XCX got mistaken for Lorde, and was asked questions about a hit she didn't write.
"I was like, 'don't say anything too crazy' because I don't know Poppy and Knocked Loose well enough to go crazy on it, you know? What if they don't like this?" said LaPlante. "What if they feel like I'm mocking their achievements, because I wasn't – I think this is very funny.
"It reminded me of [when] Charlie XCX was doing an interview and someone was like 'what was it like writing [the Lorde song] 'Royals' or something like that?' And instead of being all shitty about it, she just talked about writing 'Royals' and being a teenager from New Zealand. I took that as my inspiration, and I think everyone left happy, right? We got promotion of Poppy and Knocked Loose in there, I slipped a little Spiritbox and Courtney in there too."
Spiritbox will release their new record Tsunami Sea on March 7. Pre-orders are available here. Spiritbox also has a boatload of tour dates both in North America and Europe coming up, all of which you can find below. Tickets are available here.
2/13 London, UK Alexandra Palace2/15 Berlin, GER Columbiahalle2/16 Tilburg, NET Poppodium 0132/17 Paris, FRA L’Olympia2/19 Cologne, GER Palladium2/20 Frankfurt, GER Zoom2/22 Munich, GER Tonhalle2/23 Hamburg, GER Grosse Freiheit 36
Spiritbox, Loathe, Dying Wish, & Gel
4/3 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom4/4 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center at Tech Port4/5 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center4/7 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy4/8 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live4/11 Washington, DC MGM National Harbor4/12 Pittsburgh, PA UPMC Events Center4/14 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore4/15 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theater4/18 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom4/19 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway4/21 Montreal, QC M TELUS*4/23 Toronto, ON Great Canadian Casino4/25 Chicago, IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom4/26 Madison, WI The Sylvee4/27 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Live at 20 Monroe4/29 St. Louis, MO The Pageant4/30 Des Moines, IA Vibrant Music Hall5/2 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium5/3 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex5/6 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum5/7 Tacoma, WA Temple Theatre5/9 San Francisco, CA The Masonic5/10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
Spiritbox only
6/6 Nurnberg, GER Rock im Park6/7 Nurburg, GER Rock am Ring6/10 Leipzig, GER Arena Leipzig6/11 Nickelsdorf, AUT Nova Rock6/11-14 Hradec Kralove, CZE Rock For People6/12-14 Interlaken, SWI Greenfield Festival6/15 Derby, UK Download Festival6/20 Clisson, FRA Hellfest Open Air6/21 Dessel, BEL Graspop Metal Meeting6/24 Milano, ITA Ippodromo Snai La Maura6/26 Arnhem, NET GelreDome (w/ Linkin Park)6/28 London, UK Wembley Stadium (w/ Linkin Park & JPEGMAFIA)
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