Taylor Swift’s “august” is the eighth track on Folklore.
Its position places it near the center of the album’s standard 16-song sequence. The tracklist moves from “the 1” through songs including “cardigan,” “exile,” “my tears ricochet,” and “mirrorball” before reaching “august.”
The song is also part of a three-song fictional narrative on Folklore. “cardigan,” “august,” and “betty” present different angles on a teenage love triangle involving Betty, James, and the unnamed narrator of “august.”
Listeners sometimes assume the three related songs appear consecutively, but they do not. “cardigan” is track two, “august” is track eight, and “betty” is track 14. Their separated positions support the album’s broader, non-linear storytelling design.