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.
Spiritbox, Periphery & Stray From The Path
2/13 London, UK Alexandra Palace
2/15 Berlin, GER Columbiahalle
2/16 Tilburg, NET Poppodium 013
2/17 Paris, FRA L’Olympia
2/19 Cologne, GER Palladium
2/20 Frankfurt, GER Zoom
2/22 Munich, GER Tonhalle
2/23 Hamburg, GER Grosse Freiheit 36
Spiritbox, Loathe, Dying Wish, & Gel
4/3 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom
4/4 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center at Tech Port
4/5 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
4/7 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
4/8 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
4/11 Washington, DC MGM National Harbor
4/12 Pittsburgh, PA UPMC Events Center
4/14 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
4/15 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theater
4/18 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
4/19 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway
4/21 Montreal, QC M TELUS*
4/23 Toronto, ON Great Canadian Casino
4/25 Chicago, IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
4/26 Madison, WI The Sylvee
4/27 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Live at 20 Monroe
4/29 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
4/30 Des Moines, IA Vibrant Music Hall
5/2 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
5/3 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
5/6 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
5/7 Tacoma, WA Temple Theatre
5/9 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
5/10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
Spiritbox only
6/6 Nurnberg, GER Rock im Park
6/7 Nurburg, GER Rock am Ring
6/10 Leipzig, GER Arena Leipzig
6/11 Nickelsdorf, AUT Nova Rock
6/11-14 Hradec Kralove, CZE Rock For People
6/12-14 Interlaken, SWI Greenfield Festival
6/15 Derby, UK Download Festival
6/20 Clisson, FRA Hellfest Open Air
6/21 Dessel, BEL Graspop Metal Meeting
6/24 Milano, ITA Ippodromo Snai La Maura
6/26 Arnhem, NET GelreDome (w/ Linkin Park)
6/28 London, UK Wembley Stadium (w/ Linkin Park & JPEGMAFIA)
Source: metalinjection.net
