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"Lea Michele has spoken about Cory Monteith&amp;#039;s encouragement over her music career. The Glee star has unveiled her brand new single &amp;#039;Cannonball&amp;#039;, to be released on her debut album Louder on February 28.  Speaking to Teen Vogue, Michele said that her late boyfriend reassured her when it came to launching her solo album. She said: &amp;quot;During Glee, I felt like I was scratching that itch of being an artist.  &amp;quot;I was at a great place in my life and I was so unbelievably happy - my relationship with Cory made me feel like I could reach for the stars and more. &amp;quot;So I was like, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m going to challenge myself and do this record now&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Michele explained that Monteith was a big fan of her music, saying: &amp;quot;He would be like, &amp;#039;You&amp;#039;re going to be a popstar! What are we going to do? Are we going to, like, go on the road?&amp;#039; &amp;quot;He would say, &amp;#039;This is going to be big!&amp;#039; And I&amp;#039;d be like, &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t know&amp;#039;. He heard every song and gave me notes on everything.      &amp;quot;He loved &amp;#039;Battlefield&amp;#039;. I&amp;#039;m getting chills thinking about it. I would say &amp;#039;Burn with You&amp;#039; was his favourite. He came into the studio that day.&amp;quot; Cory Monteith died in July 2013 from an overdose involving drugs and alcohol. Michele added: &amp;quot;I somehow feel the insane love Cory and I had for each other morphed into this strength that I have right now. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s just something about knowing he&amp;#039;s watching everything I&amp;#039;m doing and feeling like I have to do everything now not just for me but for him. I also have a safety net below me. If I fall or if it&amp;#039;s too much, my friends and family will be there to catch me.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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