What is Beyoncé playing at?

• Soppy dirge ✓
• Recycled lyrics and sentiment (this time from an Alicia Keys standard) ✓
• Production style last seen in the 80s ✓
• Over-singing so self-indulgent even Mariah Carey is lost for words ✓
• Unwarranted writing credit ✓
• MUST BE BEYONCÉ BALLAD TIME

(We're only speculating about the last one)