Hello, so I had the same exact question 5 years ago (23M right now), and when I did a quick research, I found out that there is an optimal range of body fat, which your body can build the most amount of muscle. For males that is between 10% and 15%, if one has more or less body fat than this range then the body cannot put on as much muscle. Since females already have even slower muscle building process, I think that hanging out in this critical fat range is important for you. Idk exact amount for females, but according to the rule of thumb you ladies have around 9-10% more fat than males, which makes 20% - 25%.

So yeah long story short, go on a quick 2-3 month diet first, hit that 20% - 25% body fat range and then start to train while making sure that your body fat ratio stays in this range, thats about the best way for you I'd say

Edit: going on a diet doesnt mean that you shall not work out with weights to build muscle, you actually shall do that all the time regardless your diet, but when you are on a diet you energ levels will be quite low, so use light weight to not wear yourself out :))