Exception in keys?

Everythiing

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Hi,

I sometimes look how melodies of certain songs are made for example on YouTube and I also check in which key the song is played.But sometimes I see that a note of the melody is not in the key of the song.For example "The Weeknd - I feel it coming".There is an f# in the melody.However when I google in which key that song is in, it tells me it is in Eb major.But Eb major does not have an f# in its scale.So how is that possible? That would mean that there are exceptions right?
 
ya, you can add accidentals or exception to any piece of music. This is usually overwritten but adding a sharp or a flat next to the note you want to take out of the key signature, ...but the composer/song writer will have to mark that note everytime they want to take it out of the key signature ...or the musicians will play the note the way the key signature says.
 
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Also some songs have two keys. For example, a song starts in C major and then the key changes and becomes A minor. So, there probably will be an G#.
 
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