Cory Monteith helped Lea Michele on 'Louder'

Actress-singer Lea Michele admits late actor Cory Monteith helped her prepare for her debut album "Louder".

She says Monteith, her boyfriend who died from an overdose of a mix of alcohol and heroin in his hotel room in Vancouver July 13, last year, made lots of suggestions to get it right.

The 27-year-old says her debut album, which will come out Tuesday, is the story of the past two years, reports contactmusic.com.

"I'd sit with Cory and we'd jot down tons of notes about things we wanted to change. I was lucky to have such amazing love. This album is the story of my past two years," Michele told Us Weekly magazine.