Taylor Swift's “august” is track 8 on Folklore.
Its position reinforces the album's carefully shaped sequence: “august” follows “my tears ricochet” and comes before “this is me trying.” The track listing places it in the album's central stretch, where several songs deepen Folklore's fictional stories and emotional atmosphere.
The number is also memorable because the song's title refers to a month and the album was Swift's eighth studio album. That coincidence has helped fans associate “august” with the number eight, although the title itself is not a track-number label.
Track numbers can vary on special editions or playlists, but the original standard Folklore sequence lists “august” as number eight. It is not the album's final track or its lead track.