DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Incorrect string value: 'xF0x9Fx98x9C' for column ...

mysql> select version();
+-------------------------+
| version()               |
+-------------------------+
| 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
+-------------------------+

mysql> SELECT default_character_set_name FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA
    -> WHERE schema_name = "myDatabase";
+----------------------------+
| default_character_set_name |
+----------------------------+
| utf8mb4                    |
+----------------------------+

mysql> SELECT CCSA.character_set_name FROM information_schema.`TABLES` T,
    ->        information_schema.`COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY` CCSA
    -> WHERE CCSA.collation_name = T.table_collation
    ->   AND T.table_schema = "myDatabase"
    ->   AND T.table_name   = "myTable";
+--------------------+
| character_set_name |
+--------------------+
| utf8mb4            |
+--------------------+

mysql>   SELECT character_set_name FROM information_schema.`COLUMNS`
    -> WHERE table_schema = "myDatabase"
    ->   AND table_name   = "myTable"
    ->   AND column_name  = "myColumn";
+--------------------+
| character_set_name |
+--------------------+
| utf8mb4            |
+--------------------+

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use utf8;
use Encode;
use DBI;
binmode STDOUT, ":utf8";

#Here I connect using the parameter mysql_enable_utf8 (create database handle):
my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:database=myDatabase;host=localhost','aUser','aPassword',{mysql_enable_utf8 => 1});

#Prepare the statement (create statement handle):
my $sth = $dbh->prepare('INSERT INTO `myTable` (`myColumn`) VALUES(?);');

#This doesn't work:
$sth->execute('😜');

#This doesn't work either:
$sth->execute(encode_utf8('😜'));

#end processing:
$dbh->disconnect();
exit(0);

DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Incorrect string value: 'xF0x9Fx98x9C' for column 'myColumn' at row 1 at myTestScript.pl line 16.