Taylor Swift’s “august” is track 8 on the standard edition of Folklore.
The placement creates a neat calendar connection because August is the eighth month of the year. Fans often highlight that coincidence when the song resurfaces each summer, although its track number was part of the album’s original sequence rather than a separate annual release campaign.
Folklore was Swift’s eighth studio album, making the song’s position especially memorable: the eighth song on her eighth album. The album’s track list also includes “cardigan” and “betty,” the other two songs connected to its fictional teenage love triangle.
The track number is sometimes confused with the song’s release date or its chart peaks. “august” was released on July 24, 2020, and later became associated with August through its title, lyrics, and yearly streaming resurgence.