Taylor Swift’s “august” is track eight on the standard edition of Folklore.
Its position gives the song an especially neat calendar connection: August is the eighth month of the year. Fans often highlight that coincidence when the song resurfaces every August, helping turn an album track into an annual seasonal ritual.
Folklore’s standard edition contains 16 tracks. “august” appears after “mirrorball” and before “this is me trying,” placing it near the middle of the record rather than at the beginning or end.
The deluxe edition later added “the lakes” as a bonus track, but that addition did not change the standard album’s track number for “august.” The title is stylized in lowercase, matching the lowercase styling used for the album and many of its song titles.