Bad Ideas is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Tessa Violet, released on October 25, 2019, by T∆G Music.

The tour featured Leadley, Chloe Lilac, daysormay, Upsahl, and MisterWives as opening acts for various dates.

[3][9] Violet further promoted the album in 2019 through performances at Lollapalooza and opening acts for AJR, Coin, and Orla Gartland.

[10] On 1 February, 2025, The UK YouTube channel, Techmoan, featured an MP3-to-cassette adapter device called "Mixxtape" by Paulthings.

Prominently featured as one of the preloaded recordings supplied by the manufacturer are tracks and album art from "Bad Ideas."