Three Folklore songs form Taylor Swift’s fictional love triangle involving James, Betty, and Augustine.
The connected songs are “Cardigan,” “august,” and “Betty.” Each presents a different viewpoint within the imagined story. “Cardigan” is associated with Betty, “Betty” is narrated from James’s perspective, and “august” follows the unnamed summer-romance character later called Augustine by Swift.
The trilogy is fictional rather than a direct account of Swift’s personal life. Folklore marked a major shift toward invented characters, settings, and story arcs, and Swift described the album’s narratives as products of imagination developed during quarantine.
Listeners sometimes call this group a three-song trilogy or a love-triangle trilogy. It is not a separate album or officially titled mini-project. The number three refers specifically to the Folklore tracks that share the characters and storyline.