Image: Courtney LaPlante mistaken for Poppy at the 2025 GRAMMYs [YouTube]
Some mix-ups are just too good to be forgotten by fans and the internet alike. During the Grammy Awards, Spiritbox vocalist Courtney LaPlante was interviewed on the red carpet - except she was introduced as Poppy. No big deal though - Courtney just decided to roll with it and continued the interview as “Poppy.” Now, she’s sharing what was going through her mind at that moment.
“I was like, ‘Don’t say anything too crazy'"
In her Instagram Live, Courtney revealed the thoughts running through her head during the mistaken identity moment.
“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? I’m like, ‘What if they don’t like this? What if they feel like I’m mocking their achievements?’ Because I wasn’t. I was just like, ‘I think this is very funny.’
She even took inspiration from a similar interview blunder. Singer Charli XCX was once asked about writing the song "Royals", which is actually a song by Lorde.
“It reminded me of [when] Charli XCX was doing an interview and someone was like, ‘What was it like writing the song Royals?’ or something like that. And then instead of being all shitty about it, she just talked about writing Royals, and what that’s like being a teenager from New Zealand. So 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.”
Check out the clip from Courtney LaPlante’s livestream here:
Courtney Laplante of Spiritbox on being mistaken for Poppy:
— k (@suffocatevoodoo) February 7, 2025
‘It reminded me…. of charli xcx’ pic.twitter.com/gEzhkUx0ZL
Watch the Charli XCX interview moment she referenced here:
