That's how people felt when Ayumi first entered the pop scene. Namie Amuro was a pop idol with rythm (and tattoos
) and people felt that Ayumi was just too manufactured with just a Barbie-doll image going for her. Once they heard the deep, meaningful lyrics to her songs, their perspective changed drastically (when she began to change her image also). I believe that Aya has some attributes that the public will soon notice.