# Roger Waters releases reworked Comfortably Numb with Palestinian singer

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/roger-waters-shares-reimagined-version-of-pink-floyds-comfortably-numb-with-palestinian-singer-mona-miari-hopes-it-will-be-seen-as-prophetic/
- Published: 2026-08-02T11:02:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-02T17:12:21+00:00
- Original publisher: NME
- Original article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-shares-reimagined-version-of-pink-floyds-comfortably-numb-with-palestinian-singer-mona-miari-hopes-it-will-be-seen-as-prophetic-3960294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roger-waters-shares-reimagined-version-of-pink-floyds-comfortably-numb-with-palestinian-singer-mona-miari-hopes-it-will-be-seen-as-prophetic
- Topics: Business, Entertainment, Markets, Music

## Key points

- Waters and Mona Miari release reworked "Comfortably Numb" honouring Palestinians
- Refrain changed to "I will never become comfortably numb"; proceeds to Gaza charity
- Waters again denies long-running anti-Semitism accusations

## Summary

Roger Waters has released "Comfortably Numb Re-Imagined", a reworking of Pink Floyd's 1979 track from 'The Wall', created with Palestinian singer Mona Miari as a tribute to the Palestinian people. Speaking to WIRED about the release, Waters said he hopes the song will be seen as "prophetic" in years to come, insisting "there is a right and a wrong... this song is on the right side of history", and used the interview to reject long-standing accusations that he is anti-Semitic, saying he "never did and never will" hold such views.

The nine-minute piece changes the original refrain "I have become comfortably numb" to "I will never become comfortably numb", adds English and Arabic lyrics, and includes footage filmed in Gaza alongside a new section by Miari titled "Hind's Lullaby", named after six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed in Gaza in January 2024. Proceeds will go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Waters' comments on anti-Semitism come against a backdrop of years of controversy, including a 2013 inflatable pig bearing a Star of David, a 2023 Nazi-style uniform stunt investigated by Berlin police, public clashes with David Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson, and a critical documentary from the Campaign Against Antisemitism, all of which Waters has consistently disputed.

## Coverage

- [NME: Roger Waters releases reworked Comfortably Numb with Palestinian singer](https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-shares-reimagined-version-of-pink-floyds-comfortably-numb-with-palestinian-singer-mona-miari-hopes-it-will-be-seen-as-prophetic-3960294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roger-waters-shares-reimagined-version-of-pink-floyds-comfortably-numb-with-palestinian-singer-mona-miari-hopes-it-will-be-seen-as-prophetic)
- [Far Out: Roger Waters rejects antisemitic label with new ‘Comfortably Numb’ version featuring Palestinian singer](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/roger-waters-rejects-anti-semitic-with-new-comfortably-numb-palestinian-singer/)

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