How long is Taylor Swift’s song “august” according to its official track listing?

Taylor Swift’s “august” has a listed running time of 4 minutes and 21 seconds.

The track combines a relatively extended ballad length with layered production built from guitars, keyboards, strings, percussion, and prominent vocal reverb. That spacious arrangement helps create the song’s hazy late-summer atmosphere. It is longer than a compact radio-pop song, but its structure remains direct and melodic, moving through verses, a recurring chorus, and an expansive closing section.

Running times can differ slightly between songs, lyric videos, live performances, and alternate releases, so the canonical answer refers to the standard studio recording listed for Folklore. The song is sometimes described as a dream-pop, guitar-pop, and soft-rock ballad, but its duration is a separate factual detail. It also should not be confused with the longer orchestral version of “the lakes,” another Folklore-related release.