Taylor Swift performed “Cardigan” immediately before “august” at the 2021 Grammys.
At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021, Swift presented a three-song medley built around Folklore and Evermore. She began with “Cardigan,” moved into “august,” and finished with “Willow,” which came from Evermore.
The staging used a small cottage as a central set. Swift began on top of it for “Cardigan,” then performed “august” with a guitar inside the cottage while Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner accompanied her. The trio later moved outside for “Willow.”
This question asks only for the song immediately before “august.” “Willow” followed it, while “Betty” is another Folklore song connected to the same fictional love triangle but was not part of that Grammy medley.