Taylor Swift’s 2021 Grammy medley opens with “cardigan” before moving to “august” and then “willow.”
Swift performed the sequence at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021. The presentation connected songs from Folklore and Evermore while using a small cottage setting that matched Folklore’s literary and rustic atmosphere.
The order matters because “cardigan,” “august,” and “willow” are not simply three songs performed separately. They formed one continuous televised medley, with “august” performed on guitar inside the cottage and “willow” closing the sequence.
Some listeners associate “august” more strongly with “betty,” because “cardigan,” “august,” and “betty” are the three songs that depict Folklore’s fictional love triangle. However, “betty” was not part of the Grammy medley. The performance used “cardigan,” “august,” and “willow.”