Taylor Swift’s “august” appears as track 8 on the standard Folklore track list.
The song follows “the last great american dynasty” and comes before “this is me trying.” Its position places it near the center of the 16-song standard edition, where its summer-romance story helps develop the album’s recurring fictional world.
“august” is also the eighth track on Swift’s eighth studio album, a numerical coincidence that fans often notice. The album’s standard version contains 16 tracks, while later editions added bonus material including “the lakes.”
Track numbers can be confused when comparing physical, deluxe, and streaming editions. The standard album sequence is the reference point for this answer. Bonus tracks do not change “august” being the eighth song in the original Folklore lineup.