The eighth track of Taylor's new album 'Folklore' was written by Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff. Produced by Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift. It was recorded by Laura Sisk at the Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles, CA) and Jack Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn, NY). Mixed by Jonathan Low at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY). Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). The track was released on July 24, 2020.
What the artist means
On ‘august’ off her latest album Folklore Taylor sings over an acoustic like tune. Her voice radiates insanely like a million fireflies as she ponders about something that was never hers. She's singing about a lover her, a lover of her dreams that got away. She's crooning about the travails of settling and how it's affecting her right now. The beat goes up at some point and Taylor's voice follow suite. She's really sad on this track as she reminisces a lover that was her muse for a while, I'm thinking the lover's name is August or the relationship ended in August. The track feels like another country influenced one and Taylor owns this track without letting her voice get swallowed by the lush production. It's a great effort and I simply can't wait to hear the acoustic version.
What the song means to me
A classic tune that evokes the themes of nostalgia and melancholy. One thing I love most about this song is Ms. Swift became unhinged, said screw all this soft singing and ended up giving one of the best vocal performances you can think of. Compared to the rest of the album it holds quite well however it doesn't have that endless vibe that most previous tracks possess. Either way it's a super solid effort. I will give this song a rating of 8/10.
The eighth track of Taylor's new album 'Folklore' was written by Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff. Produced by Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift. It was recorded by Laura Sisk at the Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles, CA) and Jack Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn, NY). Mixed by Jonathan Low at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY). Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). The track was released on July 24, 2020.
What the artist means On ‘august’ off her latest album Folklore Taylor sings over an acoustic like tune. Her voice radiates insanely like a million fireflies as she ponders about something that was never hers. She's singing about a lover her, a lover of her dreams that got away. She's crooning about the travails of settling and how it's affecting her right now. The beat goes up at some point and Taylor's voice follow suite. She's really sad on this track as she reminisces a lover that was her muse for a while, I'm thinking the lover's name is August or the relationship ended in August. The track feels like another country influenced one and Taylor owns this track without letting her voice get swallowed by the lush production. It's a great effort and I simply can't wait to hear the acoustic version.
What the song means to me A classic tune that evokes the themes of nostalgia and melancholy. One thing I love most about this song is Ms. Swift became unhinged, said screw all this soft singing and ended up giving one of the best vocal performances you can think of. Compared to the rest of the album it holds quite well however it doesn't have that endless vibe that most previous tracks possess. Either way it's a super solid effort. I will give this song a rating of 8/10.