What originally seemed like a positive career development — winning Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards — has turned out to be the worst thing that could happen for Canadian indie band Arcade Fire.

“When we won, I was like, ‘what the hell, this is awesome.’ Then I saw how many followers we lost on Twitter… Jesus Christ, it’s like 80 percent of the fan base,” lead singer Win Butler said.

“I think we may just give the award back and see if we can win some of these fans back.’

Anger among the mostly college-aged fan base has been growing since Arcade Fire won the award. Numerous Facebook groups have been founded, bearing such names as “Arcade Fire is Too Mainstream Now” and “arcade fires worse then katy perry, lol.” The creator of the latter group explained his position on the Facebook Group page.

“I used to love Arcade Fire, but after winning that Grammy I’m beginning to notice that their album sounds a lot like Katy Perry,” Orange County resident Jordan Progue said. “It’s just sad how far they’ve fallen. The similarities between “Cailifornia Gurl” and “Ready to Start” are endless. They are basically the same song.”

Twitter has been abuzz with constant comments from fans, such as “I really liked The Suburbs until it won a Grammy” and “I can’t believe my lady gaga-loving little sister knows who Arcade Fire is now. Forget them.”

Arcade Fire, however, has a plan to recover.

“Maybe we can win our fans back by doing the soundtrack for a Wes Anderson movie,” Butler said. “That’ll win them back.”

“I think I’m gonna go call him now.”