i'm robert kinsle, chief executive officer of the warner music group. being here today is something i could not have imagined as a young boy growing up behind the iron curtain in communist czechoslovakia. i attended state university in new york, and there i met an amazing woman who eventually became my wife and now we have two amazing american daughters. i'm a proud american citizen and i have deep appreciation for the freedoms at the heart of this great country, having grown up without them. for the past 25 years i've been a tech and media executive. i joined warner music last year after 12 years at youtube and eight years at netflix. warner music is home to an incredible array of artists and songwriters who are moving culture across the globe. one of those artists twigs is here with my today. she is an extraordinarily gifted singer, songwriter, actor, and performer. i would also like to thank duncan crabtree ireland who negotiated between sag-aftra and record labels regarding ai and defends artist rights. music has so often been the canary in the coal