Taylor Swift’s “august” is track 8 on the album Folklore.
The placement creates a neat numerical link between the song and its parent album: Folklore is Swift’s eighth studio album, and “august” is its eighth track. The song was released as part of the album on July 24, 2020, rather than as a separately issued single.
“august” is often discussed alongside “Cardigan” and “Betty” because the three songs form a connected fictional narrative. That storyline is separate from the track’s position, however. The number eight refers only to where “august” appears in Folklore’s sequence.
The song’s annual August revival has made its track number especially memorable to fans, but the calendar month in the title did not change its formal album placement. Track listings are sometimes confused with chart positions; “august” entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 23, a different statistic entirely.