El Camino is the first Black Keys album that isn't wholly available on streaming platforms like Spotify and, in an interview with VH1, drummer Patrick Carney explained the financial reasoning behind the decision.

"It's becoming more popular," Carney conceded, "but it still isn't at a point where you can replace royalties from record sales with royalties from streams. So it felt unfair to those that purchased the album to allow people to go on a website and stream the album ...