Who mixed Taylor Swift’s “august” for the Folklore album?

Jonathan Low mixed Taylor Swift’s “august” for the Folklore album.

Mixing is the stage where recorded vocals, instruments, and programmed sounds are balanced into the finished stereo track. Low is credited not only with mixing “august,” but also with synth bass and synth-bass recording on the song.

This credit is distinct from mastering, which was handled by Randy Merrill. Laura Sisk recorded Swift’s vocals, while Mike Williams and Jon Gautier recorded the strings. Those different jobs are often blurred together when listeners look only at a short list of album collaborators.

The production of “august” involved several locations and remote workflows during the COVID-19 pandemic. Swift recorded at her Los Angeles home studio, Kitty Committee, and Antonoff worked from New York City. The final mix helped unify those separately recorded performances into the song’s dense, reverberant sound.