NME reports that The Black Keys have agreed to allow Spotify and other sites to stream their music, despite having previously been very vocal against music streaming services. As recently as June this year, Keys Drummer Patrick Carney hit out at YouTube, over the lack of compensation that it gives artists, suggesting that “a song should cost as much as an avocado,” continuing to suggest that “They should be traded similarly at least until people discover a similarly thick and savoury fruit.”

Carney took to Twitter at the time to voice his frustrations about YouTube, calling the site out for it’s negligence in allowing unauthorised music to spread through it’s site. Carney then targeted artists that don’t speak out against this, saying “A sell out in my book in 2016 is anyone that takes a share in a streaming company who also is an artist and doesn’t advocate for fair pay.” At the time Carney received backing from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, who accused YouTube of being “built off the back of stolen content.”

Give me five minutes on @youtube and I probably can find 250 songs that are available which the artist isn't getting paid for. At least.

— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) June 16, 2016

Today however, Carney’s tweets told a very different story, to tell his fans about his decision to allow the Black keys to be streamed, claiming “I’d rather people hear our music than not.” Seemingly in anticipation of followers pointing out a contradiction, Carney followed this tweet to tell fans that there was no major financial benefit to be gained by the band, and that his stance on the subject had not changed at all.

After five years of struggling with this we agreed to put the keys songs on Spotify. I'd rather people hear our music than not.

— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) December 19, 2016

No advance or money was exchanged. I'm still an advocate for artists to be paid fairly. I'm still apprehensive.

— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) December 19, 2016