Taylor Swift's "august" is from her eighth studio album, Folklore.
Folklore followed Lover, Swift's seventh studio album, and preceded Evermore, her ninth. Released in July 2020, Folklore represented a major change in presentation, moving toward fictional characters, atmospheric arrangements, and more subdued storytelling.
The album's numbering can cause confusion because Evermore arrived only five months later, also in 2020. That close release schedule sometimes makes listeners blend the two projects together, but "august" is firmly part of Folklore.
Swift had already released several albums with Jack Antonoff before Folklore, including 1989, Reputation, and Lover. Their continuing collaboration helped connect the new record to her earlier pop work while allowing "august" to adopt a dreamier, more cinematic sound.