For Your GRAMMY® Consideration | Anteros: Asian Pop Performance Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals

2026/09/07

For Your GRAMMY® Consideration

HEN HAI QING TIAN(Anteros)：HATRED IS HARD TO CALM,FEELINGS ARE EVEN HARDER TO FADE

Best Asian Pop Performance

Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals

Like a sudden emotional tempest breaking through the dark, "Hen Hai Qing Tian" (Anteros) pierces the silence with Saihanna’s profoundly story-rich voice, instantly pulling listeners into a vortex of intertwined love and grief. With her exquisite capture of nuanced emotions, she translates "from love arises grief, from love arises fear" into an extraordinary auditory tension that transcends language barriers.

For every listener who has wrestled with love and heartache, this song delivers not only an auditory shock but also a profound emotional catharsis. It precisely touches the most vulnerable and hidden corners of modern hearts, utilizing resonant vocals to offer a refuge of immersion and healing for all wandering souls seeking solace in the narrow space between love and hate.

The piece features a special performance by the world-renowned Budapest Scoring Orchestra from Hungary. Driven by a vocal performance that captures both sinking despair and lingering devotion, the piece utilizes a delicate blend of warm acoustic piano and sweeping string orchestrations to amplify its emotional core. "Hen Hai Qing Tian" (Anteros) stands as a poignant tribute to every wandering soul seeking solace in the space between love and heart-wrenching devotion.

About Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Nestled in Central Europe, Budapest Scoring combines centuries of musical heritage with modern state-of-the-art analog and digital recording equipment. In the 1980s, film studios began looking locations outside of the US and UK to record the highest quality film music within their shrinking budgets and turned to Budapest. Becoming the first and one of the best-loved destinations for film scoring sessions, Budapest has hosted Jerry Goldsmith, Michel Legrand, Alan Menken, Ennio Morricone and others who flew to Hungary to record music for movies such as RAMBO, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, LIONHEART, EXTREME PREJUDICE, and RENT A COP.

The Budapest Scoring Orchestra, with hundreds of film and TV credits, established a reputation in the film scoring industry. Their core orchestral players are exclusively employed by BS, the rest of them hail from the most prestigious Hungarian symphonic orchestras. They are all trained in modern as well as classical techniques. The orchestra has been regularly working with major film studios and composers from Hollywood and all around the world.

About Professional Evaluation

The arrangement really supports this dramatic shift in mood. The piano leaves plenty of space, and then layers of strings gradually come in, taking the song from its initial restraint to full intensity. This piece specifically invited the Budapest Symphony Orchestra from Hungary, who have scored countless movie classics, to record the instruments. This orchestra, experienced in film and TV scoring, adds a strong sense of dramatic tension to the whole track.

——Famous music critic Five swings, five bends

Amid such grand instrumental arrangements, Saihanna's voice, full of storytelling and magnetism, not only isn't drowned out, but actually shows incredible clarity. From the restrained composure when she starts packing her bags to the gut-wrenching pain of facing broken promises in the chorus, she weaves all the deep sorrow and resentment of love into the melody.

——Famous music critic Xiaojun Chen Junior

About SaiHanna

SaiHanna, a post-05 new generation singer-songwriter. Her voice is delicate and full of storytelling, and her singing combines power with emotional resonance. She excels at songwriting, with lyrics rich in meaning and a diverse musical style, showing a musical perception and expressive talent beyond her age.

Credits

SONGWRITING & PUBLISHING

Composer: Saihanna

Lyricist: Saihanna

Publisher: Taihe Rye Music Co., Ltd.

ARRANGEMENT & PRODUCTION

Producer: Mars Ma / Tiannan Cai

Arranger: Tiannan Cai / Mars Ma

Vocal Producer: Mars Ma

PERFORMERS & INSTRUMENTATION

Lead Vocal: Saihanna

Background Vocals & Vocal Arrangements: Shirley Jiang

Strings: Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Clarinet: Myles Prower Davis

Guitars: ShawnLIII

Bass Guitar: Tiannan Cai

SESSION & RECORDING

Vocal Recording Studio: 55TEC, Beijing, China

Vocal Recording Engineer: Yuhan Zhang

Orchestra Recording Studio: Rottenbiller Hall (Budapest, Hungary)

Orchestra Contractor & Session Management: Budapest Scoring

Orchestra Recording Engineer: Viktor Szabó

Orchestra Conductor: Ábel Tompa

Librarian: Ágnes Sapszon

Studio assistant: Marcell Rokosz

Audio Editor: Haitao Shen

Mixing Engineer: BIG.J@SBMS Beijing

Mastering Engineer: BIG.J@SBMS Beijing

ARTWORK & VISUAL

Cover Art Direction & Design: Xian Er

Photography: FU TUO