Which two other Taylor Swift songs complete the James-Betty-Augustine love triangle begun in “august”?

Taylor Swift’s “cardigan” and “betty” complete the love triangle begun in “august.”

The three songs appear on Folklore and tell connected parts of a fictional teenage relationship. “august” follows the unnamed summer-romance narrator, “cardigan” is associated with Betty’s perspective, and “betty” presents James’s attempt to address what happened.

The songs are not arranged as a conventional continuous narrative with every event explained in order. Instead, Swift uses different viewpoints, memories, and emotional details to let listeners assemble the triangle. That multi-perspective design is one reason the three tracks are often discussed together.

“willow” is sometimes selected as a distractor because Swift performed it with “cardigan” and “august” at the 2021 Grammy Awards. However, it belongs to Evermore, not this Folklore storyline. The connected trio is specifically “cardigan,” “august,” and “betty.”