Who wrote Taylor Swift’s song “august”?

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff wrote Taylor Swift’s song “august.”

Antonoff created the instrumental first and sent it to Swift, who wrote the lyrics intuitively. Their collaboration continued a partnership that had already produced songs on 1989, Reputation, and Lover.

The writing credit is distinct from the production credit. Swift and Antonoff are credited as the songwriters, while Joe Alwyn also shares the production credit. Aaron Dessner was a major Folklore collaborator, but he is not listed as a writer of “august.”

Swift wrote the song as a fictional narrative rather than a direct account of her personal life. Its narrator is a girl involved in a brief summer romance with James, who is already connected to Betty. That invented perspective helped define Folklore’s storytelling approach.