At the 63rd Grammy Awards, “august” followed Taylor Swift’s “cardigan” in the medley.
Swift performed a three-song Folklore and Evermore medley at the ceremony on March 14, 2021. She began with “cardigan,” then performed “august” on guitar inside a cottage-like set, and finished with “Willow.” The performance featured Folklore collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.
The staging emphasized the woodland and cottagecore imagery associated with the Folklore era. Swift began atop the cottage before moving inside for “august,” then joined Antonoff and Dessner outside for “Willow.” This sequence made the performance memorable while also linking songs from two consecutive 2020 albums.
“Betty” is a related Folklore song and belongs to the same fictional triangle as “august,” but it was not part of this Grammy medley. “Willow” was the closing song, not the song immediately following “cardigan.”