Maustetytöt interview by students of Ahvenisjärvi school

Students at Tampere comprehensive school Ahvenisjärvi performed in Maustetytöt's 2026 song Hapentuhlaaja.

Maustetyttö Kaisa Karjalainen wrote about their involvement in the song on the band's Instagram, February 18, 2026. She thanked teachers Krista Salovaara and Moona Hollström and the "lovely singers" (translated) from the class.

She added: "At the end of the recordings I had to answer some tough questions."

Videos of some of these were included in the Instagram post and are transcribed below.

Finnish

Originaly transcribed by AI (Transcribe.com). Likely contains errors.

English

Translated by AI (Transcribe.com). Likely contains errors.

Lempieläin?

Kaisa: No se on kissa tai koira. Tosi vaikea päättää, mutta tällä hetkellä mä ehkä kallistun koiraan. Elämän suuria kysymyksiä niin selvästi.

[Excited applause]

Favorite animal?

Kaisa: Well, it's a cat or a dog. It's really hard to decide, but right now I'm maybe leaning toward a dog. Clearly one of life's big questions.

[Excited applause]

[Question about creating the song]

Kaisa: Mä teen kappaleita aina sillai tunteella, että mä en hirveesti välttämättä etukäteen suunnittele, että mistä ne kertoo. Mä luulen, että mä oon ollut etukäteen suunnitellut tekeväni koulukiusaamisesta kertovaa biisiä, mutta sitten jossain vaiheessa mä huomasin, että hei, tästähän tulee koulukiusaamisbiisi ja... Et se ei ollut mikään tietoinen päätös, mutta tärkeä aihe joka tapauksessa.

[Question about creating the song]

Kaisa: I always write songs with such feeling that I don't necessarily plan much in advance what they're going to be about. I think I had been planning to write a song about school bullying, but then at some point I realized, "Hey, this is becoming... a song about school bullying." So it wasn't a conscious decision, but an important topic regardless.

Mikä sun lempiharrastus?

Kaisa: Hiihtäminen.

Loistavaa!

[Enthusiastic applause]

What is your favorite hobby?

Kaisa: Skiing.

Great!

[Enthusiastic applause]

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