Rough Customer, one of the studios used for Taylor Swift’s “august,” was located in Brooklyn. The song’s recording information lists Rough Customer in Brooklyn along with Kitty Committee in Los Angeles.
The two-studio detail reflects the collaborative and remote nature of Folklore’s production. Swift and her collaborators assembled the album during the COVID-19 pandemic, working across different locations rather than relying on a single conventional studio setting.
The track’s studio credits are separate from its later mixing and mastering information. Instruments were recorded in several locations, while mixing took place at Long Pond Studio in New York’s Hudson Valley and mastering was handled at Sterling Sound in New York City. These stages are often blended together in casual summaries, but they represent different parts of the recording process.
Brooklyn is therefore the city tied specifically to Rough Customer. Los Angeles is associated with Kitty Committee, the other principal studio listed for the song.