Lil Hanky Panky - German Born, Jamaican Driven
By the time her moniker "Lil Hanky Panky" went viral in 2021, she had already made up her mind that Jamaica would become her future stomping ground.
- Staff Reporter
For many homegrown artists, they daydream about red carpets, big-name cities, and major TV and Radio.
But for the German-born newcomer Lil Hanky Panky, her dream was to make it big in Jamaica first.
With that goal in focus, Lilie Gorchkov born in Hannover, Germany to Russian parents has always by chance or by trial immersed herself in music, first spawned by an early love for dancing.
But it was at her hometown Fine Arts College in her teen years, that the lanky dancer would discover Reggae and Dancehall music, a wormhole which led her to the underground Reggae band Peace Development Crew, which would become one of the many groups she would hit centerstage as her career progressed.
After college, Lile(as she is fondly called off stage) would endeavour on some soul searching and during one of her global hops in 2018, find herself in the little Island of Jamaica.
Already a bit familiar with the music, the cultural experience that followed would become a life-changing sojourn, and soon Lile would call Jamaica home.
She would first immerse herself as a dance teacher, quickly establishing a reputation that would lead to opportunities to work on music video projects with the likes of Sean Paul.
Fully assimilated by 2020 in the homegrown dancehall circuit as a dancer, Lille decided to spread her creative wings and began experimenting in the booth with Grammy-winning producer "Teetimus", who helped her carve the style, soundscape and brand for which she is now known.
By the time her moniker "Lil Hanky Panky" went viral in 2021, she had already made up her mind that Jamaica would become her future stomping ground, and though she has yet to make a major impact, her name is recognized in the streets and grottos of Jamaica's Dancehall circuit.
With singles in 2021 such as "Brand Me A Rebel", and the spunky "Sativa" earning her ample radio rotation and respectable spins in the dancehall, Lil Hanky Panky is carefully cutting a path to local success in 2022.
With summer now approaching Lil Hanky Panky has already geared a fistful of releases to warm up the appetite of fans and wet the palette of new ones as she continues to embrace the Jamaican culture and evolve through her musical experiences that are culminating in a new fusion sound that can only be described as her name suggests..
"A Little Hanky Panky."
