Which fictional character narrates Taylor Swift’s “august” in the Folklore storyline?

Taylor Swift’s “august” is narrated by an unnamed female character in the Folklore storyline.

The narrator is the girl who has a brief summer romance with James. Unlike James and Betty, she is not explicitly given a name in the song. Swift said she imagined the character as “Augusta” or “Augustine” in her own mind, but neither name is established as the character’s official name.

The narrator’s perspective helps distinguish “august” from the other two songs in the fictional triangle. “Cardigan” is told from Betty’s perspective, while “Betty” is told from James’s perspective. Together, the songs present different sides of the same imagined teenage relationship.

A frequent mistake is answering “Augustine” as though it were confirmed in the lyrics. It is an internal label Swift used for the character, while the song itself leaves her unnamed.