Taylor Swift’s “august” is track 8 on Folklore. Its position is especially memorable because August is the eighth month of the calendar year, creating a neat numerical association between the song title and the album sequence.
The track appears after “mirrorball” and before “this is me trying” on the standard album. It sits within the album’s central run of fictional narratives and emotionally connected songs, although the project is not presented as a conventional linear story.
Fans sometimes confuse the track number with the song’s place in the three-song love triangle. “august” was the first of that trio that Swift wrote, but it is not the first track among the three in album order. “cardigan” opens Folklore, while “betty” appears near the end.