“Willow” closed Taylor Swift’s three-song medley at the 2021 Grammy Awards after “august.”
Swift performed “Cardigan” first, followed by “august,” and then “Willow.” The first two songs came from Folklore, while “Willow” came from Evermore, its sister album released later in 2020.
The performance was staged around a small cottage with Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner. Swift began on top of the cottage, moved inside for “august,” and then joined Antonoff and Dessner outside for “Willow.” The setting echoed the rustic, storybook visual world associated with Folklore.
A common mistake is to assume that “Betty” was part of the medley because it is one of the three songs in the Folklore teenage love-triangle storyline. The Grammy performance instead used “Cardigan,” “august,” and “Willow.”