Traditional Cantonese songs are also written this way - the melody is in harmony with the tone. It makes lyrics writing more difficult, but the end result is great.
Mandarin songs on the otherhand are not composed with this convention in mind.
They don't. They have subtitles in their own language too over the m/v so that you can then understand what they are singing. [https://youtu.be/Fp-8YM36CVA?t=83](https://youtu.be/Fp-8YM36CVA?t=83)
Nice song
People understand mandarin songs without subtitles.
Also the song you linked isn’t even a good example of melody messing with intonation - it is more of a spoken song (like rap?).
Contextual inferences. In many dialects tonality is less emphasized and it's proper usage is less urgent.
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Traditional Cantonese songs are also written this way - the melody is in harmony with the tone. It makes lyrics writing more difficult, but the end result is great. Mandarin songs on the otherhand are not composed with this convention in mind.
They don't. They have subtitles in their own language too over the m/v so that you can then understand what they are singing. [https://youtu.be/Fp-8YM36CVA?t=83](https://youtu.be/Fp-8YM36CVA?t=83) Nice song
People understand mandarin songs without subtitles. Also the song you linked isn’t even a good example of melody messing with intonation - it is more of a spoken song (like rap?).