Ryan Thomas couldn’t contain his excitement at the huge career update after revealing daughter Scarlett, 17, had signed a music record deal

Ryan Thomas has revealed an update after his daughter Scarlett’s impressive career news as she flies to Nashville. The 17-year-old daughter of the Coronation Street star, 41, signed a record label and is now flying Stateside for her next move.

Scarlett is getting ready to work with famous songwriter Julien Bunetta. In 2012, he worked on One Direction’s Take Me Home album and has gone on to create tunes alongside other huge names such as Sabrina Carpenter.

A proud Ryan explained on his At Home With The Thomas Brothers podcast: “What’s unbelievable about all this is the guy that she signed to, the boys that she signed to, have two other brothers who own the record label in the States – and this guy is called Julian Bunetta.”

He went on: “In the music industry he’s probably the biggest thing right now. And Scarlett is now next month flying out to his house to record in show. And this is in Nashville. In Nashville, she’s staying there for a week.”

After he called the news crazy, he said Scarlett said, “Dad I like about pinch myself, like, what is going on.”

Ryan continued: “And it’s just crazy to think that she’s going to be in that studio in Nashville, where music is basically originating from, where all the creative music people live, and she’s going to be in and around it, just living and breathing and potentially like a song that we’re all going to hear on the radio one day. Like, how proud are we as a family?’

Earlier this month Ryan announced his daughter’s big news and said it was the “best day of my life” in a gushing Instagram post. He wrote: “Today is one of the best days of my life.

“Watching my little girl sign a record deal is a moment I will cherish forever” before outlining a weird quirk of fate pointed out by the Waterloo Road actress, his daughter with ex Tina O’Brien.

He added: “The stars were all aligned today. As we turned up at the restaurant to sign the deal Scarlett said ‘I’ve been here before dad!!’ & then we found this video. Stood on the chair in front of all her family singing ‘ A million Dreams ‘ & here we are 5 years later making her dream come true.”

Scarlett – who plays Izzy Charles in Waterloo Road – also revealed the news as she shared a clip of her signing paperwork in a restaurant.

She wrote on the upload: “Wow what an experience I have had so far and what an experience I’m about to have, I am beyond grateful for this amazing opportunity.

“Today was a life changing moment for me, I’ve been working hard behind the scenes but I can now finally share it with you all. I can’t wait for what this year brings, hopefully some amazing music xxx.”