We’ve all seen people using household items to create interesting instruments.
The outcome is usually weird, but the sound is sometimes impressive. Anyway, what we haven’t seen so far is using vegetables to play music.
In case you didn’t know that you can play “Africa” on sweet potato, it’s time you find out!
A young man carves his potato instrument, then puts on a one-man show like nothing you’ve seen before. Pupsi has almost half a million subscribers to his YouTube channel, and he has a lot of fun while tuning the food.
It’s not the first time Toni Patanen from Finland took vegetables and jammed with them!
His main instrument is the bass but he also plays ocarina—but playing with food is what gets the most likes.
Over eight million YouTube users have seen his video of sweet potato squash cover. Toni’s hand-made ocarinas are practically the only Finish ocarinas in the world. If you want to know more about his business, visit Pupsi’s website. “Sauna Ocarina is the manifestation of my love for clay, music, and life,” explains Toni.
Although its name might suggest otherwise, Sauna Ocarina has nothing to do with saunas.
Pupsi named his instrument like that just because he loves saunas and ocarinas. You’ve got to hand it to him, the man is very creative. The video gets straight to the point—as soon as you press play, the carving begins. You won’t hear a long introduction and there’s not much explaining what Toni does, he simply takes out a knife and starts working on the sweet potato.
The video title promises that the final potato product will sound like Toto’s “Africa,” so we waited to hear it.
Meanwhile, Pupsi tests the sound and then slices a bit more.
It all looks like an experiment, but it’s satisfying to hear the sound get better and better.
We laughed so hard at the moment when, out of nowhere, he plays the keyboard with a carrot.
Imagine if this was a legit instrument, and someone asks you: “What instrument do you play?”
The “sweet potato” answer would leave a lot of people confused. The sheer level of fruit and veggie playing power this man exhibits is impressive on its own. Let alone the fact that he nailed the “Africa” in the end. How does one know where strategically to put a hole in a potato to achieve the desired note?
Pupsi has it all figured out, and he’s good at what he does.
Moreover, the notes are so clean and on-point that you will be left speechless.
All those crispy sounds are very refreshing and unexpectedly entertaining!
We’re not going to lie, the moment he pressed the finished “potato-flute” on his lips was hilarious.
It looks weird but sounds awesome!
Toni’s channel is full of similar covers, from “Despacito” on a potato to “Bad Guy” on a pumpkin.
Who knew that neither Luis Fonsi nor Billie Eilish needed nothing but some vegetables to perform. All jokes aside, it’s always pleasant to see someone putting an effort to invent a thing that was never seen before.
Let’s be honest, not everyone would think of using a potato to make a song.
Almost no one has ever used it outside the kitchen. But, there comes Pupsi, the man with some fresh ideas. And fresh potatoes, of course.
We wish him the best of luck with his work and we can’t wait to see what he comes up with! Watch the performance below:
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