The Weeknd will play the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Tampa in February.

“We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl, and one can only dream of being in that position,” Abel Tesfaye, who is known professionally as the Weeknd, said in a statement. “I’m humbled, honored and ecstatic to be the center of that infamous stage this year.”

The Weeknd has had five No. 1 hits, including “Can’t Feel My Face,” produced in part by the Swedish pop mastermind Max Martin, and “Starboy,” created with Daft Punk, the French dance-rock duo.

Tesfaye has publicly supported Kaepernick. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in police custody, he donated $200,000 to Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative, showing receipts to his 2.5 million Instagram followers.