The Weeknd is famously laconic. He doesnt talk much. Ever since the Canadian singer materialized on the music scene back in 2010, identity shrouded in the dense haze of anonymity, his energies have been spent on cultivating a distinctive sense of mystery. Hes dark. The music is bruised, melancholic. Fatalistic. You wouldnt expect a man with an album called Starboy to be so averse to the idea of global spotlight, but here we have him, parrying interview requests and only ever tweeting impersonal, career-related dispatches.

Instead, Abel Tesfaye prefers to put his money where his mouth is. And he often does. On Wednesday, the singer quietly donated $300,000 to Global Aid in Lebanon , a relief effort committed to supporting the victims of the countrys recent disaster. On Aug. 4, twin explosions tore through the nations capital of Beirut, leaving behind $10 to 15 billion USD in property damage, displacing 300,000 from their homes and killing more than 200 others to date.

I am so honoured an humbled to work with artists who have such deep care for the world and right now for our brothers and sisters of Lebanon who are in pain and need our collective help, The Weeknds manager, Wassim Sal Slaiby, wrote in a post on Instagram announcing the donation. I want to thank my brother @theweeknd for his generous and class act of donating $300,000 to the Global Aid for Lebanon campaign.