NEW MUSIC: THE BLACK KEYS | WILD CHILD

The Black Keys have released a new song, "Wild Child." The track serves as the first single from the band's upcoming 11th album, "Dropout Boogie," slated for release on May 13. Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for the new album in the studio, and several of the tracks featured on the album are the first takes. “That’s always been the beauty of the thing Pat, and I do - it’s instant,” Auerbach said in a press release. “We’ve never really had to work at it. Whenever we’d get together, we’d make music, you know? We didn’t know what we were going to do, but we’d just do it, and it would sound cool. It’s the natural chemistry Pat, and I have. Being in a band this long is a testament to that. It was a real gift that we were given. I mean, the odds of being plopped down a block-and-a-half from each other in Akron, Ohio — it just seems crazy.” Once the "initial ideas" came together, the duo invited various collaborators - including Billy Gibbons, Greg Cartwright and Angelo Petraglia - to perform on the LP. The latter two can be heard on "Wild Child." "Dropout Boogie" arrives less than a year after the Black Keys' 2021 album, "Delta Kream," a collection of blues covers that reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200. "Dropout Boogie" also arrives precisely one day before the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album, "The Big Come Up." The band is also scheduled to embark on an extensive tour this summer that stretches through October.