There I Ruined It is a music project created by Dustin Ballard during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the project, Ballard aims to ruin songs by making covers of them in styles very different to those of the originals. There I Ruined It distributes these covers via social media, such as TikTok, YouTube and Reddit. Since the project's beginning, Ballard has made covers of various artists, including Taylor Swift, Eminem, Radiohead and Metallica. Despite the project's goal of ruining songs, covers released by There I Ruined It have received mixed reception from the media and general public.