Which genre combination is listed for Taylor Swift’s “august”?

Taylor Swift’s “august” is listed as dream pop, guitar pop, and soft rock.

Those labels reflect the track’s blend of atmospheric production and guitar-led songwriting. Its sound is softer and more hazy than the bright synth-pop associated with much of Swift’s 1989 era, yet it still builds toward a strongly melodic pop climax.

The recording uses dense reverb, strings, keyboards, minimal synthesizers, and 1990s-influenced guitars. Aaron Dessner described it as Folklore’s closest thing to a pop song, while critics emphasized its cinematic and summery production.

Genre labels are not always identical across music databases or reviews, but the three genres listed for the song’s infobox are dream pop, guitar pop, and soft rock. It is not classified primarily as country or dance-pop.