Taylor Swift recorded vocals for “august” at Kitty Committee, her Los Angeles home studio.
The studio was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many professional recording facilities were closed. With help from engineer Laura Sisk, Swift built a recording setup at her residence and used it for Folklore vocals.
The song’s production involved several locations. Its instrumental work was associated with Rough Customer in Brooklyn and other facilities, while mixing took place at Long Pond Studio in New York’s Hudson Valley. Those names can make the recording location easy to confuse.
Kitty Committee specifically refers to Swift’s home recording studio in Los Angeles. It reflects the unusually distributed production process behind Folklore, with instrumental files, vocals, and engineering handled remotely across different parts of the United States.