The World is Invited to Join as the Additional Haim Bandmate.

"When are you chatting with the band?" an inquiry pops up. "I was hoping to ask if I can be their fourth member."

There's just a single issue: I also wants to be the Haims' additional sibling. Furthermore, we are not alone. A host of high-profile fans have also begged for the role.

The evidence suggests a special quality is at play. The siblings Este, Danielle and Alana began their career doing sets at small eateries with their family. Today, they are repeated Grammy Award hopefuls.

Like all the most iconic bands, they're a tight-knit trio. Their music videos often depict them striding in unison down the roads of Los Angeles. On stage, they perform with such pure happiness you inevitably think, "I'd love to be a piece of that, too."

"The amount of times on tour that fans approached us and said, 'Seeing you perform, I got a drum kit'," says Alana, the most junior of the Haim siblings. "That is the greatest compliment. That is recognition in itself. We have succeeded if we can inspire young girls to form a group."

"And thus all are welcome to be the fourth part of the family."

Grammy Milestone

The band are connecting from their homes, where they're recovering after an extensive tour in promoting their fourth album, I Quit.

They're right now processing the news it's been shortlisted for Best Rock Album at the Grammy Awards – with Haim the pioneering all-woman band ever in the running for the trophy.

"I tune into the nominations every year, so it sort of feels like The Truman Show when your name is announced," explains Alana. "I needed to phone my sisters to say, 'Did we just hear this right or am I dreaming'?"

The significance of the accolade resonates with the sisters.

"We truly set out to make a rock record this time, so it's a major step," says Alana. "Yet we're just grateful for the women that inspired us."

Personal Turmoil and Laughter

The album came out of a time of transition. All three sisters were single, and the music explores that unique liminal space where you're glad to be free, but not entirely ready to move on.

The themes follow breakups and farewells. The sisters seek love, but not the kind of love they've got. You can hear them working out in the moment who they want to be.

"That's a perfect way of putting it, yes," agrees Danielle. "I Quit is like a slogan. You have to actively work on shutting out the criticism and saying, 'I don't give what people think'."

Refinement of Style

That recent resilience called for a different sonic direction – more raw and direct than anything the band had done before.

For Danielle, who worked on producing the album, that started with the drum sound.

"Percussion is such a detailed thing, and I care so much about it," she emphasizes.

"'Journey of the drum sound' will be the name of our biography," jokes Alana. "I always say, our albums don't start until we find the right drum sound."

Experiences and Collective Humor

The trio's candor fueled the album's promotional campaign, where the sisters shared some of their dating horror stories.

Someone left Este over a medical concern. Alana told a story of flying to celebrate New Year's Eve with someone, only to receive a high five at midnight.

"When you're going through these setbacks, you just feel like there's only darkness," notes Alana. "So to be able to share those stories and have them tell you wilder stories, it's so amazing."

A Secure Future

It's not difficult sense a change in the band. Now, Haim are more assured of their place in the industry.

They're festival headliners, with hit albums and an global following.

However Haim will forever be their primary focus.

"We have been performing since I was little," says Alana. "It feels as if no alternative that we were meant to do. And I'm really fortunate we've gotten here and we're still making music."