"I am Poppy, and I am really happy to be here, nominated with Knocked Loose," LaPlante said. "I really hope we win."

Conducting red carpet interviews can be a stressful experience. There are tons of distractions around, and it’s not like anybody is wearing “Hello My Name Is” stickers, so you have to rely on your own facial recognition abilities a lot.

Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante was mistaken for Poppy by a red carpet interviewer at the Grammys and she just rolled with it.

Spiritbox vocalist Courtney LaPlante was mistaken for Poppy at the Grammy Awards this weekend. LaPlante got incorrectly introduced as the US genre-smashing solo act in a video interview on the red carpet on Sunday (February 2).

Spiritbox’s singer got confused for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet, and the streaming giant seems to be poking fun

All over social media, people have been cracking jokes about the mistake and how LaPlante rolled with the mistake, confirming that she was in fact Poppy and that she and Knocked Loose were so excited for the nomination.

During the interview circuit on the red carpet at the 2025 Grammy Awards, one interviewer mistook Spiritbox frontwoman Courtney LaPlante for Poppy, who was also in attendance. It set up LaPlante with the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever and she took it!

See Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante expertly deal with a red carpet interview mix-up in which she was wrongly introduced as

Just days before we revealed Spiritbox are the cover stars of our March 2025 issue, the band were at the Grammys when singer Courtney LaPlante was mistaken for fellow metal singer Poppy by a journalist. The comments on our recent posts prove how memeable the moment was, and apparently, Spotify agrees.