Taylor Swift’s 2021 Grammy medley containing “august” closes with “willow.”
At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Swift performed “cardigan,” “august,” and “willow” as one connected medley. She began with “cardigan,” moved into “august,” and finished with “willow,” a song from her album Evermore.
The performance used a cottage-like setting and featured Folklore collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Swift performed “cardigan” on top of the cottage, sang “august” inside it with a guitar, and then moved outside for “willow.” The staging emphasized the wooded, storybook atmosphere associated with the two sister albums.
The performance is sometimes described simply as an “august” performance, but it was not a solo presentation of that song. It was the middle section of a three-song medley. The sequence is therefore important when identifying the closing song.