Taylor Swift’s “august” is track 8 on the original Folklore track list.
That placement gives the song an extra numerological association with its title: August is the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, while “august” occupies the eighth position on the album. The coincidence has made the track especially memorable to fans and contributes to the song’s annual August discussion.
Folklore contains 16 standard tracks, and “august” appears in the album’s central sequence rather than at the beginning or end. It follows “my tears ricochet” and comes before “this is me trying,” placing it among the record’s narrative and atmospheric middle tracks.
The track number is sometimes confused with Taylor Swift’s favorite number, 13, which appears frequently in her career and fan culture. “august” is not track 13: its relevant number is eight, matching both the month and Folklore’s status as Swift’s eighth studio album.