Three songs form Taylor Swift’s Folklore love-triangle narrative linked to “august.”
The connected tracks are “Cardigan,” “august,” and “Betty.” Together they portray Betty, James, and the unnamed girl from “august,” with each song using a different narrative perspective.
“Cardigan” is associated with Betty’s viewpoint, “Betty” presents James’s perspective, and “august” follows the girl involved in a short summer relationship with James. The songs do not function as a formally titled trilogy on the album, but Swift described them as exploring the same fictional teenage love triangle.
The narrator of “august” is not given a name in the lyrics. Swift said she imagined names such as Augusta or Augustine, but those are private character concepts rather than an explicit name in the song. That distinction separates this question from questions about the named characters James and Betty.