The studio featured in Taylor Swift’s Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions is in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Long Pond Studio is an isolated recording studio in a forested area of the Hudson Valley. Swift filmed the 2020 documentary there with Folklore collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff, performing all 17 songs from the album and discussing how they were created during pandemic isolation.
The setting became strongly associated with the album’s cottagecore atmosphere. The studio was originally a barn converted into a wooden cabin near Dessner’s residence, beside a pond and surrounded by woodland. Its intimate environment helped the documentary present stripped-down versions of songs including “august.”
The film was released on Disney+ on November 25, 2020. It should not be confused with the original album release in July or with the annual August social-media trend. Instead, the documentary offers a later, live-performance view of the song and the creative process behind Folklore.