Spiritbox frontwoman Courtney LaPlante was mistaken for Poppy throughout an interview on the Grammys and determined to reply for her fellow Finest Metallic Efficiency nominee – try footage of the awkward interview beneath.
Whereas strolling the pink carpet on the 67th annual Grammy Awards final night time (February 2), LaPlante was approached by an unknown publication for an interview, who mistook the Spiritbox singer for Poppy. LaPlante initially gave the interviewer a glance of confusion, just for the interviewer to double down: “You’re, you bought nominated towards Judas Priest.”
LaPlante then determined to do the remainder of the interview whereas pretending to be Poppy: “I’m Poppy, and I’m actually joyful to be right here, nominated with Knocked Free. I actually hope we win.”
The Spiritbox went on to reply on behalf of the true Poppy, who had been nominated up to now earlier than and that “she” was honoured to have carried out with Knocked Free on Jimmy Kimmel not too long ago.
LaPlante added: “Actually joyful to be right here once more, would like to take residence the Grammy for Knocked Free and myself as a result of I might be the primary lady to win this award. I really haven’t checked out [how many women have been nominated previously] however I simply all the time know that it’s time for one in every of us to win. I hope it’s me, or Spiritbox and Courtney.”
Take a look at the complete interview beneath.
Poppy has not publicly commented on the mix-up, however has acknowledged it on social media, posting a snippet of the interview on Instagram as a part of her Grammys submit, which you’ll be able to see beneath.
Each Spiritbox and Poppy – who’ve carried out collectively up to now – had been nominated for Finest Metallic Efficiency for ‘Cellar Door’ and ‘Suffocate’ respectively. Nevertheless, they might in the end lose to Gojira, who received for ‘Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)’, which they carried out on the 2024 Paris Olympics – you’ll be able to see the complete checklist of Grammy winners right here.
Spiritbox are subsequent resulting from launch the album ‘Tsunami Sea’ on March 7 by way of Pale Chord in partnership with Rise Data. You possibly can pre-order it right here. The band have additionally shared the haunting single ‘Good Soul’.
In the meantime, Poppy launched her album ‘Detrimental Areas’ in November final yr – learn NME‘s chat along with her concerning the album right here.