Lea Michele previews 'Cannonball' single [LISTEN]

Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Lea Michele won't debut her first single in full until she performs it on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this Thursday, but the 27-year-old actress released a 90-second clip of "Cannonball" on her website Monday.

You can check out a sneak peek of my single #Cannonball now on http://t.co/9oOdw8XoAI!!!!! #Cannonball #LOUDER

— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) December 9, 2013

Truly an incredible day... Thank u @melaniemakeup @marktownsend1 @Ashlie_Johnson & @EsteeStanley #dreamcometrue pic.twitter.com/i5BoqF8wrh

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— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) November 18, 2013

Showrunner Ryan Murphy has said that the decision to end the show next season was directly related to the sudden death of Michele's boyfriend, star Cory Monteith.

"It's really [expletive] hard. It's hard. It's hard everyday," Murphy said back in October. "It's hard in the writer's room. It's hard on the set. It just feels like ... It's hard, too, because we're getting ready to wrap up a series. We're going to do one more year and that's it. So, the last scene and the last stories were always very Cory heavy."

[Entertainment Weekly]