What is the duration of Taylor Swift’s “august”?

Taylor Swift’s “august” has a listed duration of 4 minutes and 21 seconds.

Its relatively long runtime gives the song room for a gradual, atmospheric arrangement. The track combines layered keyboards, strings, guitar textures, and reverb rather than relying on a short, sharply segmented pop structure.

The song’s production was created by Swift and Jack Antonoff, with Joe Alwyn also credited as a producer. Antonoff developed the instrumental first and sent it to Swift, who wrote the lyrics quickly in response to the music. That process helped shape the song’s hazy, reflective mood.

Listeners sometimes confuse the track length with other Folklore songs because the album contains many similarly subdued recordings. The duration refers to the standard album recording, not a live performance or the acoustic version heard in the Long Pond Studio Sessions film.