The Black Keys twelfth studio album, Ohio Players—a title inspired by the legendary Dayton, Ohio, funk band of the same name—features several collaborations between band mates Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney with various friends and colleagues, like Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, Beck, Noel Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, and others. “We had this epiphany: ‘We can call our friends to help us make music,’ Carney says. Auerbach adds, “No matter who we work with, it never feels like we re sacrificing who we are. It only feels like it adds some special flavor … But when it came time to finish the album, it was just Pat and me.”