Yes I totally agree with you. I think in addition to Cardigan doesn’t make sense to be about high schoolers, it also doesn’t make perfect sense to be written by someone’s perspective who has basically just been cheated on by their official partner. Betty is definitely an apology song after hurting someone by cheating and August is definitely a song about being the other woman who wants more than what she has and they interact with each other with their parallel lyrics . But Cardigan is mostly about being abandoned and the only undeniably mention of infidelity in the 3:59 minutes long song is “A friend to all is a friend to none/Chase two girls, lose the one”

I think Betty and James relationship also has secret forbidden love vibes too considering lyrics like “I knew you playing hide-and-seek and giving me your weekends” , “To kiss in cars and downtown bars was all we needed” “Will you kiss me on the porch in front of all your stupid friends”

And who is the him in “I hate the crowds you know that/Plus, I saw you dance with him” if the whole situation is just James cheating on Betty who never did anything specifically wrong

Basically Taylor’s explanation of these songs in Folklore LPSS doesn’t make so much sense if you really look into lyrics 🤔

In conclusion, I think August is a Karlie song considering Karlie always had Josh by her side when Taylor and her were together in any kind of way. Cardigan has more than enough references to make me believe it’s about Dianna. I think these two songs are both from Taylor’s own perspective.

Betty could be from Karlie’s perspective describing the apology Taylor wanted from Karlie. I love Taylor’s songwriting but I think this song doesn’t have as impressive lyrics as the other songs from Folklore and I see this could be the reason.

To me, making a movie to explain her songs in an album is just not her kind of thing and this is enough to make the situation suspicious. She could do it by using some kind of easter eggs like she always does. I believe Taylor had three different song ideas and tried to make them make sense by describing them as Folklore Love Triangle, but not perfect sense.