The actress from All Time Low's "Dear Maria, Count Me In" video has been posting about her experiences working with the band on TikTok.

Gilli Messer took to TikTok to reveal how “In 2008, I played Maria in All Time Low’s "Dear Maria, Count Me In" video." Messer also shared a picture of her on-set with the infamous chimp from the shoot, as well as revealed that she still owns the polka-dot bra that she wore in the video.

Check out her post below:

In a second post, Messer described working with All Time Low as "very fun."

“We were all so young," she said. "But I think the best part for all of us was working with the chimp!”

"Dear Maria, Count Me In" remains All Time Low's biggest song, amassing more than 170,000,000 streams on Spotify, which is more than double that of their second-highest-streamed song, "Weightless."

In a recent NME interview, frontman Alex Gaskarth reflected on the shoot for "Dear Maria," explaining that the experience was "interesting... because we only wanted to hang out with the chimp."

He was great the whole shoot," Gaskarth continued. "But there was one point where he got over what he was doing and threw a chimpanzee temper tantrum and went tearing off around the club where we were filming. This is a baby chimp, but those things are strong as hell! So we couldn’t do anything until we was done having his little diva moment, but he was cute. All was forgiven!”

All Time Low's last album, Wake Up, Sunshine, was released earlier this year. The record's break-out single, "Monsters," a collaboration with hip-hop artist blackbear., is currently performing extremely well on rock radio.

All Time Low "Dear Maria, Count Me In" Lyrics (via Genius):
[Intro]
I got your picture, I'm coming with you, dear Maria, count me in
There's a story at the bottom of this bottle, and I'm the pen

[Verse 1]
When the lights go off, I want to watch the way you take the stage by storm
The way you wrap those boys around your finger, go on and play the leader
'Cause you know it's what you're good at, the low road for the fast track
Make every second last

[Chorus]
'Cause I got your picture, I'm coming with you, dear Maria, count me in
There's a story at the bottom of this bottle, and I'm the pen
Make it count when I'm the one who's selling you out
'Cause it feels like stealing hearts calling your name from the crowd

[Verse 2]
Live and let live, you'll be the showgirl of the home-team
I'll be the narrator, telling another tale of the American dream
I see your name in lights, we can make you a star
Girl, we'll take the world by storm, it isn't that hard

[Chorus]
'Cause I got your picture, I'm coming with you, dear Maria, count me in
There's a story at the bottom of this bottle, and I'm the pen
Make it count when I'm the one who's selling you out
'Cause it feels like stealing hearts calling your name from the crowd, woah-oh-oh

Ha-ha

[Bridge]
Take a breath, don't it sound so easy? Never had a doubt, now I'm going crazy
Watching from the floor
Take a breath, and let the rest come easy, never settle down, 'cause the cash flow leaves me
Always wanting more

[Chorus]
'Cause I got your picture, I'm coming with you, dear Maria, count me in
There's a story at the bottom of this bottle, and I'm the pen
Make it count when I'm the one who's selling you out
'Cause it feels like stealing hearts calling your name from the crowd

[Outro]
'Cause I got your picture, I'm coming with you, dear Maria, count me in
There's a story at the bottom of this bottle...

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