From which Taylor Swift album does the song “august” come?

Taylor Swift’s song “august” comes from the album Folklore.

Swift surprise-released Folklore on July 24, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was her eighth studio album and marked a shift toward indie folk, alternative rock, and dream-pop textures compared with much of her earlier pop work.

“august” appears among the album’s fictional, interconnected stories. It is narrated by a girl involved in a brief summer romance with James, who is already connected to Betty. The song is therefore part of Folklore’s imagined world rather than a confirmed autobiographical account.

A common mix-up is confusing Folklore with Evermore, Swift’s ninth studio album, which followed in December 2020. “august” belongs only to Folklore and helped make the album’s seasonal listening tradition especially recognizable every year.