Spotify Technology S.A.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the Spotify Q2 2020 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. If you require any further assistance, please press star zero. Thank you. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker for today. Paul Vogel, Chief Financial Officer, please go ahead.

Great. Thank you and welcome to Spotify's second quarter 2020 earnings conference call. I hope everyone is continuing to stay safe. As is the case with just about everyone, our team again will be hosting this call entirely remotely. Our CEO, Daniel Ek, is participating from Stockholm, and I am at my home office in New Jersey. This morning, I'm pleased to introduce our new head of investor relations, Brian Goldberg, who just recently joined our team. I'm sure many of you recognize his name from his time at Bank of America. Also joining the IR team is Lauren Katzen, who was previously on our licensing finance team within FP&A. We're excited to have both of them on board. Mike Urcioli, who has been both part of our IR team and FP&A teams over the past few years, is transitioning into an expanded role within FP&A, but will be on hand to answer questions post this quarter and for the next few weeks. And with that, I'll turn it over to Brian.

Thanks, Paul. Turning now to the call. We'll start with opening comments from Daniel. After the remarks, Daniel and Paul will be happy to answer your questions. Like last quarter, we'll be taking questions exclusively through Slido. Questions can be submitted by going to slido.com, S-L-I-D-O.com, and using the code hashtag SpotifyEarnings. Analysts can ask questions directly into Slido, and all participants can then vote on the questions they find the most relevant. If for some reason you don't have access to Slido, you can email investorrelations at IR at Spotify.com, and we'll add in your question. Before we begin, let me quickly cover the safe harbor. During the call, we'll be making certain forward-looking statements, including projections or estimates about the future performance of the company. These statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could materially differ because of factors discussed on today's call, in our letter to shareholders, and in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. During this call, we'll also refer to certain non-IFRS financial measures. Reconciliations between our IFRS and non-IFRS financial measures can be found in our letter to shareholders, in the financial section of our investor relations page, and also furnished today on Form 6K. And with that, I will turn it over to Daniel.