August - Taylor Swift - MP3 instrumental karaoke

With its warm melancholy and intricate storytelling, "August" is a highlight from Taylor Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore, released on July 24, 2020. This dream pop and guitar pop ballad was penned by Taylor Swift and produced in collaboration with Jack Antonoff and Joe Alwyn. Wrapped in soft rock guitars, strings, and vocal reverberation, the song features an evocative atmosphere that suits its tale of bittersweet summer love. "August" forms one-third of a love triangle narrative, alongside "Cardigan" and "Betty." The song unfurls from the perspective of a character the singer privately names "Augustine," who laments a fleeting romance with James – a young man who ultimately returns to his former flame, Betty. This lens of yearning and loss is informed by what Taylor Swift describes as the "sun-drenched month of August, sipped away like a bottle of wine." Jack Antonoff produced the instrumental first, sparking Taylor Swift to write the lyrics on the spot. Unlike her previous albums, which often drew from personal experiences, "August" stemmed from Taylor Swift's fictional narratives and imagined story arcs. Commercially, the song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 5 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.