The Black Keys expect everyone to hate them.

The 'Lonely Boy' group's latest album, 'El Camino' has been their biggest to date, but while they feel they are at the peak of their success, they worry it could quickly work against them.

Drummer Patrick Carney said: "We're lucky enough to be enjoying a brief moment near the top. But that won't last very long. What happens when you become popular? You become the band that everybody wants to f***ing hate. And it won't be long until that catches up with us.

Guitarist Dan Auerbach - who completes the group - thinks they have become so popular almost by accident, after their track, 'Tighten Up' from their 2010 album 'Brothers' became an unexpected hit.

He said: "People dedicate their lives to writing pop songs because that's how you reach the biggest audience. We just never thought about it before. It never even dawned on us to write something catchy until we did 'Tighten Up'.

"Initially [that track] felt weird to me, I don't know what it was that had me irked. Pat had no problem with it. He thought I was being a weirdo. I don't have any weird feelings about it now. When we play it live it fits in, it feels natural."