{"id":2780,"date":"2020-08-29T20:11:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T20:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=2780"},"modified":"2025-10-02T22:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:23:45","slug":"august","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/august\/","title":{"rendered":"august"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2780\" class=\"elementor elementor-2780\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">august<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">folklore (2020)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646e55d elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget 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elementor-element-bd043b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"bd043b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f738e74\" data-id=\"f738e74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15464fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"15464fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f85dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"63f85dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b16286\" data-id=\"6b16286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201caugust\u201d fittingly is track eight on Taylor\u2019s eighth studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/\">folklore<\/a><\/em> (2020). It forms the second installment of the album\u2019s narrative arc known as the \u201cTeenage Love Triangle,\u201d a trilogy of songs that depict a summer romance from three distinct perspectives. \u201caugust\u201d is voiced by the character Augustine\u2014the girl with whom James had a summer fling, ultimately betraying Betty. Through wistful vocals and dreamy production, the song captures the fleeting nature of seasonal love and the ache of unreciprocated longing.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83fe7e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"83fe7e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__83fe7e9\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a61147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a61147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Recording<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d66c647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d66c647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen lockdown struck in March 2020, Taylor happened to be in Los Angeles and found herself quarantining in her Beverly Hills mansion. She hadn\u2019t set out to make an album. But the creative process began just two days into isolation\u2014driven partly by instinct, and partly by a deep need to escape reality. Collaborating remotely with her longtime creative partner Jack Antonoff and The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner, she wrote and recorded what would become one of the most unexpected and defining works of her career: <em>folklore<\/em>.\n<br><br>\nIn a December 2020 interview with <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>, Taylor revealed that the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/masters-controversy\/\">the sale of her master recordings in June 2019<\/a> left her emotionally devastated, and she found herself increasingly affected by stories of divorce and broken trust. Around this time, before the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown, she co-wrote \u201caugust\u201d with Jack. The song, she explained, touches on the theme of betrayal and the emotional ambiguity of undefined relationships. \u201cIt kind of explores the idea of the undefined relationship. How do you mourn the loss of something once it ends, if you\u2019re being made to believe that it never happened at all?\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed98a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ed98a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2072171906\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c374771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c374771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlongside the tracks \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/cardigan\/\">cardigan<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/betty\/\">betty<\/a>\u201c, \u201caugust\u201d forms part of a fictional love triangle crafted by Taylor for <em>folklore<\/em>. The story follows three teenage characters\u2014Betty, James, as well as an unnamed girl\u2014and is told from each of their perspectives across the songs. \u201caugust\u201d takes on the voice of the unnamed girl, expressing the bittersweet sorrow of a summer romance that ends in heartbreak when James returns to his former love, Betty.\n<br><br>\nIn her concert documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/concert-movies\/folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions\/\"><em>folklore: the long pond studio sessions<\/em><\/a>, Taylor revealed that she personally refers to this narrator as \u201cAugustine\u201d or \u201cAugusta.\u201d She also shared that \u201caugust\u201d was the first of the three songs she wrote in the triangle, and that its origin began with a single phrase she had saved in her phone years prior: <em>\u201cMeet me behind the mall.\u201d<\/em> She had long envisioned incorporating that line into a song.\n<br><br>\nThe song was inspired by what Taylor described as the image of \u201cthe sun-drenched month of August, sipped away like a bottle of wine.\u201d That sentiment shapes the song\u2019s nostalgic tone and lyrical landscape, which is saturated with imagery of late summer\u2014salt air, roadtrips, fleeting moments of intimacy. Set in a suburban town, \u201caugust\u201d captures the emotional vulnerability of a teenage girl navigating unrequited love during her summer break and the temporary magic of a romance never fully defined:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3ac5be elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"d3ac5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abIn my head, I\u2019ve been calling the girl from \u2018august\u2019 either Augusta or Augustine. What happened in my head was: \u2018cardigan\u2019 is Betty\u2019s perspective from 20 or 30 years later, looking back on this love that was this tumultuous thing. I think Betty and James ended up together. So in my head, she ends up with him but he really put her through it. \u2018august\u2019 was obviously about the girl that James had this summer with. She seems like she\u2019s a bad girl but really she\u2019s not. She\u2019s a really sensitive person who fell for him and she was trying to seem cool and like she didn\u2019t care because that\u2019s what girls have to do. And she was trying to let him think that she didn\u2019t care, but she did, and she thought they had something very real. And then he goes back to Betty. So, the idea that there is some bad, villain girl in any type of situation who \u2018takes your man\u2019 is a total myth because that\u2019s not usually the case at all. Everybody has feelings and wants to be seen and loved. And Augustine\u2026that\u2019s all she wanted.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec23aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ec23aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs the summer romance unfolds, Augustine is portrayed as someone who sacrifices her own plans and boundaries in the hope of fleeting connection. She recalls, <em>\u201ccanceled my plans just in case you\u2019d call,\u201d<\/em> highlighting her unreciprocated investment in the relationship. Though she senses that a real relationship with James is unlikely, she clings to the illusion, telling herself it is <em>\u201cenough to live for the hope of it all.\u201d<\/em>\n<br><br>\nWhen the new school year starts, the relationship fades as quickly as it began. James ultimately returns to Betty, leaving Augustine to mourn what, for her, felt like genuine love. She is left with only the memory of a love that was never fully hers.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f06e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"78f06e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6254959497\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e14155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e14155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Production<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5d098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c5d098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhile <em>folklore <\/em>is primarily characterized by its subdued, indie folk sound, \u201caugust\u201d leans more toward a pop-oriented production, standing out as one of the brighter, more melodic moments on the record. Jack Antonoff has described it as one of his \u201cfavorite things [they\u2019ve] done together.\u201d For the track, he first crafted the instrumental and sent it to Taylor, who, according to him, wrote the lyrics \u201con the spot\u2014it just was an intuitive thing.\u201d Aaron Dessner, who co-produced the album, also praised the track, noting:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d5009 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"10d5009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abThis is maybe the closest thing to a pop song. It gets loud. It has this shimmering summer haze to it. It\u2019s kind of like coming out of 'seven,' where you have this image of her in the swing and she\u2019s seven years old, and then in 'august,' I think it feels like fast-forwarding to now. That\u2019s an interesting contrast. I think it\u2019s just a breezy, sort of intoxicating feeling.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Aaron Dessner<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed20e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eed20e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a50a4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a50a4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor first performed \u201caugust\u201d in her 2020 concert film and documentary, <em>folklore: the long pond studio sessions<\/em>, accompanied by collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. The stripped-down performance offered an intimate look at the creative chemistry behind the song.\n<br><br>\nOn March 14, 2021, Taylor brought \u201caugust\u201d to the stage at the <em>63rd Annual Grammy Awards<\/em>, performing it as part of a medley with \u201ccardigan\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/evermore\/evermore-songs\/willow\/\">willow<\/a>,\u201d the lead single from her ninth studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/evermore\/\">evermore<\/a><\/em> (2020). The performance marked the trio\u2019s television debut as a unit, with both Jack and Aaron joining her on stage.\n<br><br>\nDuring her record-breaking \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d (2023\u20132024), \u201caugust\u201d became a staple in the setlist, featured prominently in the <em>folklore<\/em> segment. On February 17, 2024, during the second night of her Melbourne shows, Taylor performed the track twice in a single evening as part of the tour\u2019s first-ever triple mashup\u2014blending \u201caugust\u201d with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/reputation-album\/the-reputation-songs\/getaway-car\/\">Getaway Car<\/a>\u201d (2018) and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/fearless-album\/fearless-songs\/the-other-side-of-the-door\/\">The Other Side of the Door<\/a>\u201d (2009).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2436e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2436e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6254959497\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8072f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8072f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba69a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ba69a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201caugust\u201d received widespread critical acclaim, with praise directed at both its production and Taylor\u2019s lyrical craftsmanship. Critics highlighted the song\u2019s third-person perspective\u2014a stylistic shift from her signature confessional songwriting\u2014as a testament to her evolution as a storyteller. Rob Sheffield of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> named \u201caugust\u201d one of the standout tracks on <em>folklore<\/em>, describing it as \u201cthe album\u2019s most plainly beautiful ballad.\u201d Annie Zaleski of <em>The A.V. Club<\/em> and Caleb Campbell of <em>Under the Radar<\/em> also identified the song as one of the album\u2019s strongest offerings, both drawing comparisons between its shimmering production and the work of Scottish dream pop band Cocteau Twins.\n<br><br>\n\u201caugust\u201d appeared on several year-end best-of lists, including <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> (No. 5), the <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em> (unranked), <em>Yahoo!<\/em> (unranked), and <em>Complex<\/em>, where Edwin Ortiz ranked it second on his 2020 roundup. In <em>Vulture<\/em>\u2019s comprehensive ranking of Taylor\u2019s discography, Craig Jenkins praised the track for its emotional resonance, writing, \u201cEven in fiction, Swift\u2019s ability to capture the wistful ache of nostalgia remains unmatched.\u201d Sheffield further cemented its legacy by naming it one of the five greatest songs of Taylor\u2019s career, adding: \u201c\u2018august\u2019 feels like such a simple tune, yet it\u2019s one of the craftiest creations in the Swiftian Multiverse.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea30d49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea30d49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653bf92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"653bf92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the United States, \u201caugust\u201d debuted at No. 23 on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> chart dated August 8, 2020, following the release of <em>folklore<\/em>. It remained on the <em>Hot 100<\/em> for two weeks. The song also debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the <em>Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs<\/em> chart, where it charted for 20 weeks. Internationally, \u201caugust\u201d reached the Top 20 in several countries, peaking at No. 11 in Malaysia, 12 in Singapore, 13 in Australia, and 16 in Canada.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243ab21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"243ab21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e363768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"e363768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:200,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2380\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2380\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Who wrote \u201caugust\u201d? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-up-arrow1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-down-arrow1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2380\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43071ff e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43071ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ec7cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ec7cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201caugust\u201d was written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2381\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2381\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the lyrical theme of \u201caugust\u201d? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-up-arrow1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-down-arrow1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2381\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f255 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e06f255\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb6064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdb6064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNarrated by the unnamed girl in the Teenage Love Triangle, \u201caugust\u201d captures the bittersweet sorrow of a summer romance that ends in heartbreak when James returns to Betty. Taylor visualized the character as someone who feels overlooked yet deeply longing for connection.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2382\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2382\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How did \u201caugust\u201d perform on the charts, and what accolades did it receive? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-up-arrow1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-down-arrow1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2382\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6440d9 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6440d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758b78b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"758b78b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThough not released as an official single, \u201caugust\u201d charted internationally, reaching the Top 40 in several countries. Critics praised it for its emotional depth and storytelling maturity, and its bridge was ranked No. 3 on <em>Time<\/em>\u2019s list of the best song bridges of all time.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1154c0e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1154c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769cf48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"769cf48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6e7c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>[Verse 1]<br \/><\/b>Salt air<br \/>And the rust on your door<br \/>I never needed anything more<br \/>Whispers<br \/>Of, \u201cAre you sure?\u201d<br \/>\u201cNever have I ever before\u201d<\/p><p><b>[Chorus]<br \/><\/b>But I can see us<br \/>Lost in the memory<br \/>August slipped away<br \/>Into a moment in time<br \/>Cause it was never mine<br \/>And I can see us<br \/>Twisted in bedsheets<br \/>August sipped away<br \/>Like a bottle of wine<br \/>Cause you were never mine<\/p><p><b>[Verse 2]<br \/><\/b>Your back<br \/>Beneath the sun<br \/>Wishing I could write my name on it<br \/>Will you call when you\u2019re back at school?<br \/>I remember thinking I had you<\/p><p><b>[Chorus]<br \/><\/b>But I can see us<br \/>Lost in the memory<br \/>August slipped away<br \/>Into a moment in time<br \/>Cause it was never mine<br \/>And I can see us<br \/>Twisted in bedsheets<br \/>August sipped away<br \/>Like a bottle of wine<br \/>Cause you were never mine<\/p><p><b>[Bridge 1]<br \/><\/b>Back when we were still changing for the better<br \/>Wanting was enough<br \/>For me it was enough<br \/>To live for the hope of it all<br \/>Cancel plans just in case you\u2019d call<br \/>And say \u201cmeet me behind the mall\u201d<br \/>So much for summer love, and saying \u201cus\u201d<br \/>Cause you weren\u2019t mine to lose<br \/>You weren\u2019t mine to lose<br \/>No<\/p><p><b>[Chorus]<br \/><\/b>But I can see us<br \/>Lost in the memory<br \/>August slipped away<br \/>Into a moment in time<br \/>Cause it was never mine<br \/>And I can see us<br \/>Twisted in bedsheets<br \/>August sipped away<br \/>Like a bottle of wine<br \/>Cause you were never mine<\/p><p><b>[Post Chorus]<br \/><\/b>Cause you were never mine<br \/>Never mine<br \/>Do you remember?<\/p><p><strong>[Bridge 2]<\/strong><br \/>Remember when I pulled up<br \/>And said \u201cget in the car\u201d<br \/>And then canceled my plans just in case you\u2019d call<br \/>Back when I was living for the hope of it all<br \/>For the hope of it all<br \/>\u201cMeet me behind the mall\u201d<br \/><i>(Remember when I pulled up)<br \/>(And said \u201cget in the car\u201d)<br \/><\/i><i>(And then canceled my plans just in case you\u2019d call)<br \/><\/i><i>(Back when I was living for the hope of it all)<br \/>(For the hope of it all)<br \/><\/i><i>(\u201cMeet me behind the mall\u201d)<\/i><\/p><p><strong>[Outro]<\/strong><br \/>Remember when I pulled up<br \/>And said \u201cget in the 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tGeneral Information\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed76dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fed76dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><th>Artist<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Album<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/\"><em>folklore<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>July 24, 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Written<\/th><td>January\u2013March 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Studios<\/th><td>Kitty Committee (Los Angeles)<br \/>Rough Customer (Brooklyn)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Folk Pop<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>4:22<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Label<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriters<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<br \/>Jack Antonoff<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Jack Antonoff<br \/>Taylor Swift<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/family\/joe-alwyn\/\">Joe Alwyn<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>FOLKLORE CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/\">seven<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><b>august<\/b><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/this-is-me-trying\/\">this is me trying<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2e2ba elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5a2e2ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Certification\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7d7cf elementor-widget 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It forms the second installment of the album\u2019s narrative arc known as the \u201cTeenage Love Triangle,\u201d a trilogy of songs that depict a summer romance from three distinct perspectives. \u201caugust\u201d is voiced by the character Augustine\u2014the girl with whom James had a summer fling, ultimately betraying Betty. Through wistful vocals and dreamy production, the song captures the fleeting nature of seasonal love and the ache of unreciprocated longing. Table of Contents Background and Recording When lockdown struck in March 2020, Taylor happened to be in Los Angeles and found herself quarantining in her Beverly Hills mansion. She hadn\u2019t set out to make an album. But the creative process began just two days into isolation\u2014driven partly by instinct, and partly by a deep need to escape reality. Collaborating remotely with her longtime creative partner Jack Antonoff and The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner, she wrote and recorded what would become one of the most unexpected and defining works of her career: folklore. In a December 2020 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Taylor revealed that the aftermath of the sale of her master recordings in June 2019 left her emotionally devastated, and she found herself increasingly affected by stories of divorce and broken trust. Around this time, before the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown, she co-wrote \u201caugust\u201d with Jack. The song, she explained, touches on the theme of betrayal and the emotional ambiguity of undefined relationships. \u201cIt kind of explores the idea of the undefined relationship. How do you mourn the loss of something once it ends, if you\u2019re being made to believe that it never happened at all?\u201d Lyrical Theme Alongside the tracks \u201ccardigan\u201d and \u201cbetty\u201c, \u201caugust\u201d forms part of a fictional love triangle crafted by Taylor for folklore. The story follows three teenage characters\u2014Betty, James, as well as an unnamed girl\u2014and is told from each of their perspectives across the songs. \u201caugust\u201d takes on the voice of the unnamed girl, expressing the bittersweet sorrow of a summer romance that ends in heartbreak when James returns to his former love, Betty. In her concert documentary folklore: the long pond studio sessions, Taylor revealed that she personally refers to this narrator as \u201cAugustine\u201d or \u201cAugusta.\u201d She also shared that \u201caugust\u201d was the first of the three songs she wrote in the triangle, and that its origin began with a single phrase she had saved in her phone years prior: \u201cMeet me behind the mall.\u201d She had long envisioned incorporating that line into a song. The song was inspired by what Taylor described as the image of \u201cthe sun-drenched month of August, sipped away like a bottle of wine.\u201d That sentiment shapes the song\u2019s nostalgic tone and lyrical landscape, which is saturated with imagery of late summer\u2014salt air, roadtrips, fleeting moments of intimacy. Set in a suburban town, \u201caugust\u201d captures the emotional vulnerability of a teenage girl navigating unrequited love during her summer break and the temporary magic of a romance never fully defined: \u00abIn my head, I\u2019ve been calling the girl from \u2018august\u2019 either Augusta or Augustine. What happened in my head was: \u2018cardigan\u2019 is Betty\u2019s perspective from 20 or 30 years later, looking back on this love that was this tumultuous thing. I think Betty and James ended up together. So in my head, she ends up with him but he really put her through it. \u2018august\u2019 was obviously about the girl that James had this summer with. She seems like she\u2019s a bad girl but really she\u2019s not. She\u2019s a really sensitive person who fell for him and she was trying to seem cool and like she didn\u2019t care because that\u2019s what girls have to do. And she was trying to let him think that she didn\u2019t care, but she did, and she thought they had something very real. And then he goes back to Betty. So, the idea that there is some bad, villain girl in any type of situation who \u2018takes your man\u2019 is a total myth because that\u2019s not usually the case at all. Everybody has feelings and wants to be seen and loved. And Augustine\u2026that\u2019s all she wanted.\u00bb Taylor Swift As the summer romance unfolds, Augustine is portrayed as someone who sacrifices her own plans and boundaries in the hope of fleeting connection. She recalls, \u201ccanceled my plans just in case you\u2019d call,\u201d highlighting her unreciprocated investment in the relationship. Though she senses that a real relationship with James is unlikely, she clings to the illusion, telling herself it is \u201cenough to live for the hope of it all.\u201d When the new school year starts, the relationship fades as quickly as it began. James ultimately returns to Betty, leaving Augustine to mourn what, for her, felt like genuine love. She is left with only the memory of a love that was never fully hers. Production While folklore is primarily characterized by its subdued, indie folk sound, \u201caugust\u201d leans more toward a pop-oriented production, standing out as one of the brighter, more melodic moments on the record. Jack Antonoff has described it as one of his \u201cfavorite things [they\u2019ve] done together.\u201d For the track, he first crafted the instrumental and sent it to Taylor, who, according to him, wrote the lyrics \u201con the spot\u2014it just was an intuitive thing.\u201d Aaron Dessner, who co-produced the album, also praised the track, noting: \u00abThis is maybe the closest thing to a pop song. It gets loud. It has this shimmering summer haze to it. It\u2019s kind of like coming out of \u2018seven,\u2019 where you have this image of her in the swing and she\u2019s seven years old, and then in \u2018august,\u2019 I think it feels like fast-forwarding to now. That\u2019s an interesting contrast. I think it\u2019s just a breezy, sort of intoxicating feeling.\u00bb Aaron Dessner Live Performances Taylor first performed \u201caugust\u201d in her 2020 concert film and documentary, folklore: the long pond studio sessions, accompanied by collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. The stripped-down performance offered an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"parent":4106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2780","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>august | Taylor Swift Switzerland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201caugust\u201d is the first part of the \u201cTeenage Love Triangle\u201d on Taylor Swift&#039;s album folklore (2020). 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